"Art needs an operation"

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Source : Tristan Tzara (1977). “Seven Dada Manifestos and Lampisteries”, Calder Publications Limited

Tristan Tzara

#Art Quotes #Needs Quotes #Operations Quotes

“I have always loved a challenge.”
“The Third Way is simply a different route to the same destination. Ultimately, the choice is always between individual human liberty and the power of government to control our lives.”
“Family, monogamy, romance. Everywhere exclusiveness, a narrow channelling of impulse and energy.”
“Fear of difference is fear of life itself.”
“Love was without beginning, is, and shall be without ending.”
“...And another item from the growing file of people who voluntarily wear dunce caps... You'll be talking cordially to someone and make an offhand reference, 'I recently read where--' and they'll cut you off and say, 'Oh, I don't read'... This is a tragedy on so many different levels. First, because they don't read, they don't know enough to keep it to themselves. Next, and this is the most amazing part, they use a demeaning tone like I'm the stupid one for wasting time with books.”
“When was in prison I admired him for his moral strength... Of his period in power I can see few results. Apartheid no longer exists, at least to all appearances, but no one understands what the new government in South Africa is doing.”
“I believe investors should invest for the long run, so I don't buy and sell. I usually maintain the classic index of global equities, diversified U.S. and global and emerging markets, and when the risk is larger, I diminish the amount in global equities and put more into liquid assets - but very irregularly.”

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