The photograph is a trace, not a copy, of what once was. - Siegfried Kracauer

"The photograph is a trace, not a copy, of what once was."

Siegfried Kracauer Art

Sociologist Critic German-American 1889–1966

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"The cinema is the most important art form of our time."

"Photography is truth at twenty-four frames per second."

"Mass ornament reveals the rationality of the modern age."

"History is not what happened, but what is recorded."

"The stage is my true home."

"Art is the expression of the soul."

"Living well means living properly."

"Art and music are the treasures of civilization"