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The war was a mirror; it reflected man's every virtue and every vice, and if you looked closely, like an artist at his drawings, it showed up both with unusual clarity.

~George Grosz

Topics: Artist Both Clarity Closely Drawings Every His Like Looked Man Mirror Reflected Unusual Up Vice Virtue War You

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I stood up as best I could to their disgusting stupidity and brutality, but I did not, of course, manage to beat them at their own game. It was a fight to the bitter end, one in which I was not defending ideals or beliefs but simply my own self.

~George Grosz

Topics: Beat Beliefs Best Bitter Brutality Could Course Defending Did Disgusting End Fight Game Ideals Manage My Own Own Self Simply Stood Stupidity Them Up Which

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The bourgeoisie and the petty bourgeoisie have armed themselves against the rising proletariat with, among other things, 'culture.'

~George Grosz

Topics: Against Among Armed Bourgeoisie Culture Other Petty Proletariat Rising Themselves Things

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In the end, they pardoned me and packed me off to a home for the shell-shocked. Shortly before the end of the war, I was discharged a second time, once again with the observation that I was subject to recall at any time.

~George Grosz

Topics: Again Any Before End Home In The End Me Observation Off Once Packed Pardoned Recall Second Subject Time War

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I had grown up in a humanist atmosphere, and war to me was never anything but horror, mutilation and senseless destruction, and I knew that many great and wise people felt the same way about it.

~George Grosz

Topics: About Anything Atmosphere Destruction Felt Great Grown Had Horror Humanist Knew Many Me Never People Same Senseless Up War Way Wise Wise People

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It's an old ploy of the bourgeoisie. They keep a standing 'art' to defend their collapsing culture.

~George Grosz

Topics: Art Bourgeoisie Collapsing Culture Defend Keep Old Standing

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The cult of individuality and personality, which promotes painters and poets only to promote itself, is really a business. The greater the 'genius' of the personage, the greater the profit.

~George Grosz

Topics: Business Cult Genius Greater Individuality Itself Only Painters Personality Poets Profit Promote Really Which

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What can I say about the First World War, a war in which I served as an infantryman, a war I hated at the start and to which I never warmed as it proceeded?

~George Grosz

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Very little changed fundamentally, except that the proud German soldier had turned into a defeated bundle of misery and the great German army had disintegrated.

~George Grosz

Topics: Army Bundle Changed Defeated Except Fundamentally German Great Had Little Misery Proud Soldier Turned Very

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Peace was declared, but not all of us were drunk with joy or stricken blind.

~George Grosz

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Biography

Nationality: German

Type: Artist

Born: July 26th, 1893

Died: July 6th, 1959

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