The room is there for the human being - not the human being for the room. El Lissitzky More Quotes by El Lissitzky More Quotes From El Lissitzky The 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 Lissitzky people world art Typographical design should perform optically what the speaker creates through voice and gesture of his thoughts. El Lissitzky gestures design voice 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 readily comprehensible to the masses as photography. El Lissitzky mirrors photography art 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 unity space mind The printed page transcends space and time. The printed page, the infinity of the book, must be transcended. El Lissitzky pages space book 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 creative believe art The 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 Lissitzky expression men heaven
