The purpose of architecture is to transmute the emptiness into space, that is into something which our minds can grasp as an organized unity. — El Lissitzky Copy Share Image
“Let us summarize these three points more concisely: (a) The rejection of art as a mere emotional, individualistic, and romantic affair. (b) “Objective” work, undertaken with the silent hope that the end product will nevertheless eventually be regarded as a work of art. (c) Consciously goal-directed work in architecture, which will have a concise artistic effect on the basis of… — El Lissitzky Copy Share
The purpose of architecture is to transmute the emptiness into space, that is into something which our minds can grasp as an organized unity. — El Lissitzky Copy Share Image
Art can no longer be merely a mirror, it must act as the organizer of the people's consciousness... No form of representation is so… — El Lissitzky Copy Share Image
Typographical design should perform optically what the speaker creates through voice and gesture of his thoughts. — El Lissitzky Copy Share Image
The room is there for the human being - not the human being for the room. — El Lissitzky Copy Share Image
The printed page transcends space and time. The printed page, the infinity of the book, must be transcended. — El Lissitzky Copy Share Image
We believe that the elements in the chemical formula of our creative work, problem, invention, and art, correspond to the challenges of our age. — El Lissitzky Copy Share Image
The artist constructs a new symbol with his brush. This symbol is not a recognizable form of anything which is already finished, already made,… — El Lissitzky Copy Share Image
The sun as the expression of old world energy is torn down from the heavens by modern man, who by virtue of his technological… — El Lissitzky Copy Share Image
