“Only the camera seems to be really capable of describing modern life.” SeemsModernCapableCamerasModern LifeDescribing Author:Alexander Rodchenko
“Art has no place in modern life. It will continue to exist as long as there is a mania for the romantic and so long as there are people who love beautiful lies and deception... Every modern cultured man must wage war against art, as against opium... Photograph and be photographed.” PeopleMenLongArtWarBeautifulLyingLove IsModernPhotographDeceptionModern LifeOpiumManiaBeautiful Lies Author:Alexander Rodchenko
“We struggle against easel painting not because it is an aesthetic form of painting, but because it is not modern, for it does not succeed in bringing out the technical side, it is a redundant, exclusive art, and cannot be of any use to the masses. Hence we are struggling not against painting but against photography carried out as if it were an etching, a drawing, a picture in sepia or watercolor.” IfsDoeArtUseFormSidesStruggleModernPaintingSucceedPhotographyMassDrawingAestheticExclusiveRedundantWatercolorsEtching Author:Alexander Rodchenko
