key essay quotes

"Propaganda has been around for many years, and has been used as a platform for Artists and Illustrators to produce work relating to the views and opinions of an individual."

"Animal cruelty is a subject that many Illustrators rise to, using their talents to express the struggles that animals cannot express themselves."

"Hogarth said ‘there is no part of my works of which I am so proud… because I believe the publication of them has checked the diabolical spirit of barbarity to the brute creation, which, I am sorry to say, was once so prevalent in this country’. Some might say Hogarth believes that his Illustrations didn’t play a large enough role in stopping cruelty, but instead just showed it for what it really is."

"Illustrators often take influence from these posters in the creation of their own designs, a lot of them utilising these alarming and distressing themes to catch the attention of their audience."

"What Ellul is saying is that propaganda first comes from a will for it to be made, there is no propaganda unless there is an idea that drives it."

"Illustrators use propaganda as a way to invoke emotions into their audience, as the IPA said, psychologically manipulating the viewer’s opinion."

"These acts of unity from the Illustration community show how propaganda doesn’t have to be seen as a form of aggression, but a form of peace and concord."

"This shows how sometimes Illustration is just raw powerful emotion that comes from one individual and ends up affecting millions of people."

"Meaning he just wanted the Illustration to speak for itself, not to make money from."

"This is showing a different kind of role that Illustration plays, sometimes harsh words and sarcasm are needed in order to get across the right point and to make people listen."

"We can also see the success of Illustration and propaganda as influential political tools within the work of Banksy who, as previously discussed throughout this essay, uses his well-known visual signature to draw attention to prominent issues within contemporary society."