"To provoke dreams of terror in the slumber of prosperity has become the moral duty of literature." ― Ernst Fischer Topic(s): Dreams More From Ernst Fischer "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." "I don’t want life to imitate art. I want life to be art." More In Dreams "The world of men is dreaming, it has gone mad in its sleep, and a snake is strangling it, but it can’t wake up."― David Herbert Lawrence "I really, really love Hilary Clinton. I think she’s very cool. She’s out there and she’s involved."― Sandra Bernhard "The ninety and nine are with dreams, content but the hope of the world made new, is the hundredth man who is grimly bent on making those dreams come true."― Edgar Allan Poe