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.

Quote by Ernst Fischer

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I don't want life to imitate art. I want life to be art.

I don't want life to imitate art. I want life to be art.

To provoke dreams of terror in the slumber of prosperity has become the moral duty...

To provoke dreams of terror in the slumber of prosperity has become the moral duty...

If you can't pay for a thing, don't buy it. If you can't get paid...

If you can't pay for a thing, don't buy it. If you can't get paid...

In a decaying society, art, if it is truthful, must also reflect decay. And unless...

In a decaying society, art, if it is truthful, must also reflect decay. And unless...

As machines become more and more efficient and perfect, so it will become clear that...

As machines become more and more efficient and perfect, so it will become clear that...

I don't watch television, I think it destroys the art of talking about oneself.

I don't watch television, I think it destroys the art of talking about oneself.

The fall prime-time television lineup always looks so fastidious and ordered, laid out in a...

The fall prime-time television lineup always looks so fastidious and ordered, laid out in a...

Television and radio do a wonderful job in focusing attention on the problems of our...

Television and radio do a wonderful job in focusing attention on the problems of our...

Ronald Reagan is clearly to television what Franklin Roosevelt was to radio.

Ronald Reagan is clearly to television what Franklin Roosevelt was to radio.

Television makes so much at its worst that it can't afford to do its best.

Television makes so much at its worst that it can't afford to do its best.

Did you ever think about life as a metaphor for television?

Did you ever think about life as a metaphor for television?

We can put television in its proper light by supposing that Gutenberg's great invention had...

We can put television in its proper light by supposing that Gutenberg's great invention had...

I play the harmonica. The only way I can play is if I get my...

I play the harmonica. The only way I can play is if I get my...

The curse of television [is] the programming department-all trained to look for the same kind...

The curse of television [is] the programming department-all trained to look for the same kind...

Anyone who lies golf on television would enjoy watching the grass grow on the greens.

Anyone who lies golf on television would enjoy watching the grass grow on the greens.

We look like television in print.

We look like television in print.

I love vegging out in front of the TV, eating pizza!

I love vegging out in front of the TV, eating pizza!

Television is the first truly democratic culture - the first culture available to everybody and...

Television is the first truly democratic culture - the first culture available to everybody and...

I think television has betrayed the meaning of democratic speech, adding visual chaos to the...

I think television has betrayed the meaning of democratic speech, adding visual chaos to the...

Nothing is really real unless it happens on television.

Nothing is really real unless it happens on television.