Destruction Was My Beatrice Quotes

“Life has only one form: forgetting,”
― Jed Rasula, Destruction Was My Beatrice: Dada and the Unmaking of the Twentieth Century

“Dada is forever the enemy of that comfortable Sunday Art which is supposed to uplift man by reminding him of agreeable moments,” Huelsenbeck wrote, adding “Dada hurts”
― Jed Rasula, Destruction Was My Beatrice: Dada and the Unmaking of the Twentieth Century

“Special tours were arranged for various constituencies. On one occasion a tour for the working class was advertised, but only one workman showed up, along with a mysterious stranger of another class who bought half the paintings on display, including works by Picasso, Kokoschka, and Janco.”
― Jed Rasula, Destruction Was My Beatrice: Dada and the Unmaking of the Twentieth Century