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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. Wikipedia  

✵ 3. July 1899 – 31. July 1972
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Ernst Fischer Quotes

“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.”

Ernst Fischer

“Art is necessary in order that man should be able to recognize and change the world. But art is also necessary by virtue of the magic inherent in it.”

Ernst Fischer

The Necessity of Art: A Marxist Approach (1965), Penguin Books, translated by Anna Bostock.

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