In a decaying society, art, if it is truthful, must also reflect decay. And unless it wants to break faith with its social function, art must show the world as changeable. And help to change it.
Source: The Necessity of Art, ch. 2, 1959; tr. 1963.
-- Ernst Fischer, (Nov 10 1918-2007), German chemist, educator; He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1973.