9 Quotes by Alexander Rodchenko

In order to educate man to a new longing, everyday familiar objects must be shown to him with totally unexpected perspectives and in unexpected situations. New objects should be depicted from different sides in order to provide a complete impression of the object.

Only the camera seems to be really capable of describing modern life.

Landscapes, heads and naked women are called artistic photography, while photographs of current events are called press photography.

I reduced painting to its logical conclusion and exhibited three canvases: red, blue, and yellow. I affirmed: this is the end of painting.

Don’t try to capture a man in one synthetic portrait, but rather in lots of snapshots taken at different times and in different circumstances.

One has to take several different shots of a subject, from different points of view and in different situations, as if one examined it in the round rather than looked through the same key-hole again and again.

We must revolutionize our optical perception. We must remove the veil from our eyes.

Damn it, nobody knows what is beautiful and what is not. They do not understand new things.

Photography has every right and every merit to claim our attention as the art of our age.