"The reality of our century is technology: the invention, construction and maintenance of machines. To be a user of machines is to be of the spirit of this century. Machines have replaced the transcendental spiritualism of past eras."

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Source : László Moholy-Nagy, Renate Heyne, Hattula Moholy-Nagy, Herbert Molderings (2009). “Moholy-Nagy: the photograms : catalogue raisonné”, Hatje Cantz Pub

Laszlo Moholy-Nagy

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“Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of - for credit is like fire; when once you have kindled it you may easily preserve it, but if you once extinguish it, you will find it an arduous task to rekindle it again. The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.”
“When I perform on stage I do achieve quite a variety of ways of singing. I was interested in trying to replicate that in the studio environment. I think it is an interesting alternative position, just to stretch people's imagination, myself included, as to who is actually singing the song. It's not to create alter-egos or characters - it always feels like me, even when the voice is extremely manipulated.”

Source : Source: thequietus.com
“As with all other aspects of the narrative art, you will improve with practice, but practice will never make you perfect. Why should it? What fun would that be?”
“When I started swimming again two years ago, it felt like I was starting from scratch. My mind-set was [to tell myself that] every time I swam, it was going to get easier-and it did. When you're working toward a fitness goal, you just need to start. It's not going to be pretty, your body is going to scream at you, but each time you'll get better.”
“Most people still don't think of qualities like happiness as being a skill, that can be enhanced through training.”
“The vitality that can stand the abyss of meaninglessness is aware of a hidden meaning within the destruction of meaning.”
“We ought to regard amiability as the quality of woman, dignity that of man.”
“I communicate my innermost perceptions through art.”

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