Quotes by Otto Dix

Otto Dix, born on December 2, 1891, in Untermhaus, Germany, was a pioneering painter and printmaker renowned for his raw and unflinching portrayal of the human condition. A soldier in World War I, Dix's experiences profoundly influenced his art, leading him to depict the stark realities of war and societal decay. His expressionist style, characterized by bold colors and distorted forms, challenged conventional aesthetics and social norms. Dix's legacy endures as a voice of the marginalized and a critical observer of post-war society, underscoring the enduring power of art to confront uncomfortable truths.

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"All art is exorcism. I paint dreams and visions too; the dreams and visions of my time. Painting is the effort to produce order; order in yourself. There is much chaos in me, much chaos in our time."

Otto Dix

"People were already beginning to forget, what horrible suffering the war had brought them. I did not want to cause fear and panic, but to let people know how dreadful war is and so to stimulate people's powers of resistance."

Otto Dix

"As a young man you don't notice at all that you were, after all, badly affected. For years afterwards, at least ten years, I kept getting these dreams, in which I had to crawl through ruined houses, along passages I could hardly get through."

Otto Dix

"I had to experience how someone beside me suddenly falls over and is dead and the bullet has hit him squarely. I had to experience that quite directly. I wanted it. I'm therefore not a pacifist at all - or am I?"

Otto Dix

"Everybody thinks they know what art should be. But very few of them have the sense that is necessary to experience painting, that is the sense of sight, that sees colors and forms as living reality in the picture."

Otto Dix

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