Ernst Fischer
Ernst Fischer
Ernst Fischer, also known under the pseudonyms: "Ernst Peter Fischer", "Peter Wieden", "Pierre Vidal", and "Der Miesmacher", was a Bohemian-born Austrian journalist, writer and politician...
NationalityAustrian
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth3 July 1899
CountryAustria
imitate life
I don't want life to imitate art. I want life to be art.
animal art became bringing creator dies fire great heaven humanity humankind itself kingdom man natural nature social stay stepped therefore until
Man, became man through work, who stepped out of the animal kingdom as transformer of the natural into the artificial, who became therefore the magician, man the creator of social reality, will always stay the great magician, will always be Prometheus bringing fire from heaven to earth, will always be Orpheus enthralling nature with his music. Not until humanity itself dies will art die.
dreams duty prosperity provoke slumber terror
To provoke dreams of terror in the slumber of prosperity has become the moral duty of literature.
greatness men perfect
As machines become more and more efficient and perfect, so it will become clear that imperfection is the greatness of man.
media boss mind
The bosses of our mass media, press, radio, film and television, succeed in their aim of taking our minds off disaster. Thus, the distraction they offer demands the antidote of maximum concentration on disaster.
change art society
In a decaying society, art, if it is truthful, must also reflect decay. And unless it wants to break faith with its social function, art must show the world as changeable. And help to change it.