Our Starting Point Is Not The Individual:

To Be A Socialist Means To Let The Ego Serve The Neighbour, To Sacrifice The Self For The Whole. In Its Deepest Sense Socialism Equals Service. The Individual Refrains And The Commonwealth Demands.

Think Of The Press As A Great Keyboard On Which The Government Can Play.

Photography Today Is Accomplishing A Lofty Mission In Which Every German Should Collaborate By Buying A Camera. The German People Is Ahead Of Every Other In The Technical Domain And, Thanks To Its Exceptional Qualities, The Small Camera Has Conquered The Whole World... Much Is At Stake Here From The Point Of View Of Popular Consumer Goods And, Furthermore, Photography Has A Particularly Important Political Role To Play. (addressing The Berlin Photography Fair, 1933)

I'm So Despondent About Everything. Everything I Try Goes Totally Wrong. There's No Escape From This Hole Here. I Feel Drained. So Far, I Still Haven't Found A Real Purpose In Life. Sometimes, I'm Afraid To Get Out Of Bed In The Morning. There's Nothing To Get Up For.

...the Rank And File Are Usually Much More Primitive Than We Imagine. Propaganda Must Therefore Always Be Essentially Simple And Repetitious.