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== Quotes of George Grosz ==
* '''I am lonely without measure; that is to say, I am alone with my doubles, phantasms in whom I realize specific dreams, ideas, inclinations, and so on. I rip three other people out of my inner life, give them names, and believe in them myself. Gradually three clearly defined types have emerged: *1: Grosz. *2: Count Ehrenfried, the nonchalant aristocrat with the well-manicured fingernails, concerned only with cultivating himself; in a word, the detached, aristocratic individualist. *3: The physician. Dr. William King Thomas, the more American, practical counterweight to Grosz the mother figure.'''
* '''I see the future development of painting taking place in workshops.. ..not in any holy temple of the arts.'''
** In his letter, September 1915, to Robert Bell; in ''Grosz, Briefe'', p. 30 ff; as quoted in 'Portfolios', Alexander Dückers; in ''German Expressionist Prints and Drawings'' - Essays Vol 1.; published by Museum Associates, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California & Prestel-Verlag, Germany, 1986, p. 112 - note 61
** Quoted by William Bolcom, in ''The End of the Mannerist Century'', as quoted in ''The Pleasure of Modernist Music,'' ed. Arved Ashby (2004, {{ISBN|1580461433}}
 
* '''I see the future development of painting taking place in workshops.. ..not in any holy temple of the arts. Painting is manual labor, no different from any other. It can be done well or poorly'''
** Quoted by William Bolcom, in ''The End of the Mannerist Century'', as/ quoted in ''The PleasureArt of Modernistthe Music20th Century, Part 1'', ed.Karl ArvedRuhrberg, AshbyKlaus (2004Honnef, {{ISBN|1580461433}}Manfred Schneckenburger, Christiane Fricke; publisher: Taschen 2000, p. 190
 
* '''Árt is dead. Long live [[w:Vladimir Tatlin|Tatlin's]] new machine art.