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title: "2 Hammer Quotes By John Grierson"
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> [Art is not a mirror but a hammer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-grierson/art-is-not-a-mirror-but-a-hammer/)

[John Grierson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-grierson/)

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> [“Art Is Not A Mirror - It Is A Hammer.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-grierson/art-is-not-a-mirror-it-is-a-hammer/)

[John Grierson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-grierson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e52/john-grierson-25902_art_art-is-not-a-mirror-it-is-a-hammer-22864_2286414.png)

## Other authors on Hammer

## More by John Grierson

> [We believe that the materials and the stories taken from the raw can be finer (more real in the philosophic sense) than the acted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-grierson/we-believe-that-the-materials-and-the-stories-taken-from-the-raw-can/)

[John Grierson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-grierson/)

> [Art is not a mirror but a hammer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-grierson/art-is-not-a-mirror-but-a-hammer/)

[John Grierson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-grierson/)

> [Political conflicts distort and disturb a people's sense of distinction between matters of importance and matters of urgency. What is vital is disguised by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-grierson/political-conflicts-distort-and-disturb-a-people-s-sense-of/)

[John Grierson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-grierson/)

> [It is often more important to act than to understand... there are times... when two conflicting opinions, though one happens to be right, are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-grierson/it-is-often-more-important-to-act-than-to-understand-there-are-times/)

[John Grierson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-grierson/)

> [Beware the ends of the earth and the exotic: the drama is on your doorstep wherever the slums; are, wherever there is malnutrition, wherever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-grierson/beware-the-ends-of-the-earth-and-the-exotic-the-drama-is-on-your/)

[John Grierson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-grierson/)

> [The very effect of the education they were given... was to make men think; and, thinking, they became less and less satisfied with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-grierson/the-very-effect-of-the-education-they-were-given-was-to-make-men/)

[John Grierson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-grierson/)

> [Some of us learned in a school of philosophy which taught that all was for the common good and nothing for oneself and have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-grierson/some-of-us-learned-in-a-school-of-philosophy-which-taught-that-all/)

[John Grierson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-grierson/)

> [My personal view is that such total planning by the state is an absolute good and not simply a relative good... I do not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-grierson/my-personal-view-is-that-such-total-planning-by-the-state-is-an/)

[John Grierson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-grierson/)

> [In fact, the individual outlook becomes less and less valuable and more and more harmful unless it is transmitted into the corporate outlook.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-grierson/in-fact-the-individual-outlook-becomes-less-and-less-valuable-and/)

[John Grierson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-grierson/)

> [For three hundred years we have had our focus on the individual. We have distinguished him from the objective world as the Middle Ages…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-grierson/for-three-hundred-years-we-have-had-our-focus-on-the-individual-we/)

[John Grierson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-grierson/)

> [The cultivation of sensibility on purely personal lines may, in fact, be the very worst training for a world where only the corporate and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-grierson/the-cultivation-of-sensibility-on-purely-personal-lines-may-in-fact/)

[John Grierson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-grierson/)

> [I look on cinema as a pulpit, and use it as a propagandist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-grierson/i-look-on-cinema-as-a-pulpit-and-use-it-as-a-propagandist/)

[John Grierson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-grierson/)

> [Such manifestations I account as representing the creative leadership of the new forces of thought and appreciation which attend changes in technological pattern and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-grierson/such-manifestations-i-account-as-representing-the-creative-leadership/)

[John Grierson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-grierson/)

> [“Art Is Not A Mirror - It Is A Hammer.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-grierson/art-is-not-a-mirror-it-is-a-hammer/)

[John Grierson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-grierson/)

> [The life of the village became more and more affected by strikes and lock-outs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-grierson/the-life-of-the-village-became-more-and-more-affected-by-strikes-and/)

[John Grierson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-grierson/)

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