Art is not a mirror but a hammer.

Art is not a mirror but a hammer.

The oblique paradox of propaganda is that the lie in the throat becomes, by repetition, the truth in the heart.

And, consequently, the art of propaganda or public information becomes one of the most powerful forms of directive statesmanship.

When quick results are imperative, the manipulation of the masses through symbols may be the only quick way of having a critical thing done.

I look on cinema as a pulpit, and use it as a propagandist.

My view... would be that we are entering upon a new and interim society which is neither capitalist nor socialist, but in which we can achieve central planning without loss of individual initiative, by the mere process of absorbing initiative in the function of planning.