Árt is dead. Long live Tatlin's new machine art. - George Grosz

A composition should be simple and clear. That is why the drawings of children and primitives are so strong.

Art today is an absolutely secondary matter. Anyone who is able to look further than the walls of his own studio can see this.. .All the same, art is a business that demands a very clear decision from anyone who undertakes it. It is not immaterial where you stand in this business.. .Are you on the side of the exploiters or on that of the masses, who want to wring the exploiters' necks?

Yes, [to] the Communist party! [the presiding judge asked Grosz: 'Do you belong to a political party?']