Author: George Grosz

Quotes

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

- George Grosz

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?

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

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

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

- George Grosz

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