“In order to become the chisel that breaks the marble inside us, the artist must first become the hammer." [Soviet censor of paintings and photos]” CommunismCensorshipSoviet UnionSoviet Russia Book:The Tsar of Love and Techno Source: The Tsar of Love and Techno
“Our Younger Stalins cabinet stands in the corner. It holds photographs of our vozhd taken ten to twenty years ago. When possible, we substitute a Younger Stalin for current ones. It's essential we convey to the people the youthful vigor of their elder statesman. The longer we do it, the further back in time we must go to find new material. Readers of certain periodicals may worry that he is growing younger with each passing year; by his seventieth birthday he will be a slender-faced adolescent.” CommunismCensorshipStalinPhotoshop Book:The Tsar of Love and Techno Source: The Tsar of Love and Techno
