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Just as typography is human speech translated into what can be read, so photography is the translation of reality into a readable image.

Just as typography is human speech translated into what can be read, so photography is the translation of reality into a readable image.

Herbert Bayer
Photography, Reality, Design
Herbert Bayer, Beaumont Newhall (1977). “Herbert Bayer: Photographic Works an Exhibition”

My work seen in its totality is a statement about the integration of the contemporary artist into an industrial society.

Herbert Bayer
Artist, Integration, Contemporary

The picture is the imitation and converted reality of the goods, in short, an indirect substitute for reality.

Herbert Bayer
Reality, Imitation, Indirect

We live in a time of the greatest precision and of maximum contrasts: photomontage offers us a means to express this. It shows ideas: photography shows us objects.

Herbert Bayer
Photography, Mean, Ideas
Herbert Bayer, Beaumont Newhall (1977). “Herbert Bayer: Photographic Works an Exhibition”

It would seem unlikely that a manufacturer of short-lived paperboard boxes could make the slightest cultural impact upon his time. But the facts show that if even the humblest product is designed, manufactured, and distributed with a sense of human values and with a taste for quality, the world will recognize the presence of a creative force.

Herbert Bayer
Impact, Creative, Quality

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