"I may define propaganda as the educational efforts or information used by an organised group that is made available to a selected audience, for the specific purpose of making the audience take a particular course of action or conform to a certain attitude desired by the organised group.
The assumption basic to all propaganda is that it must be repeated to be effective. The style of the message may vary in order to attract the largest audience possible, but the main message remains constant throughout.
For the best results the propaganda must be aimed at a high population density, where there is a good chance of the interchange of opinion and experience… on the whole, propaganda must win masses, even if only by influencing the group composed of the most powerful members of the society. Ironically, the more educated a person, the more susceptible to propaganda."
- Jane de Rose Evans, (The Art of Persuasion)
"The word “propaganda” has a sinister ring, suggesting strategies of manipulative persuasion, intimidation and deception. In contrast, the idea of art implies to many people a special sphere of activity devoted to the pursuit of truth, beauty and freedom. For some “propaganda art” is a contradiction in terms. Yet the negative and emotive connotations of the word “propaganda” are relatively new and closely bound to the ideological struggles of the twentieth century."
-Toby Clark (Art and Propaganda)
"All art is to some extent propaganda"
-George Orwell
