Vladimir Tatlin Quotes

[the task of material culture is] to shed light on the tasks of production in our country, and also to discover the place of the artist-constructor in production, in relation to improving the quality both of the manufactured product and of the organization of the new way of life in general.

In reinforced concrete we have not only a new material but, of far greater consequence, new constructions and a new method for designing buildings. Therefore, in using [reinforced concrete], we have to renounce the old traditions and concern ourselves with meeting new tasks.

Let's split open our figures and place the environment inside them.

[iron and glass, the] 'materials of the new Classicism'.

It [ [his Tower ] was to be dynamic, both in its outward form and inward activity..

The engineers made hard forms. Evil. With angles. They are easily broken. The world is round and soft..

[to create] A union of purely artistic forms for a utilitarian purpose.. [referring to his Tower / Monument, with a height of 400 meters, but never constructued]

The influence of my art is expressed in the movement of the Constructivists, of which I am the founder – Tatlin.

The dream [of flying] is as old as Icarus.. .I too want to give back to man the feeling of flight [with his 'Letatlin'-air-bike, 1929-1932]. This we have been robbed of by the mechanical flight of the aeroplane. We cannot feel the movement of our body in the air.