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 LissitzkyThe artist constructs a new symbol with his brush. This symbol is not a recognizable form of anything which is already finished, already made, already existing in the world - it is a symbol of a new world, which is being built upon and which exists by way of people.
El LissitzkyTypographical design should perform optically what the speaker creates through voice and gesture of his thoughts.
El LissitzkyThe sun as the expression of old world energy is torn down from the heavens by modern man, who by virtue of his technological superiority creates his own energy source.
El LissitzkyThe printed page transcends space and time. The printed page, the infinity of the book, must be transcended.
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