Seven Dada Manifestos and Lampisteries Quotes

“The summit sings what is being spoken in the depths.”
― Tristan Tzara, Seven Dada Manifestos and Lampisteries

“Take a newspaper.
Take some scissors.
Choose from this paper an article of the length you want to make your poem.
Cut out the article.
Next carefully cut out each of the words that makes up this article and put them all in a bag.
Shake gently.
Next take out each cutting one after the other.
Copy conscientiously in the order in which they left the bag.
The poem will resemble you.
And there you are -- an infinitely original author of charming sensibility, even though unappreciated by the vulgar herd.”
― Tristan Tzara, Seven Dada Manifestos and Lampisteries

“Every page should explode, either because of its staggering absurdity, the enthusiasm of its principles, or its typography.”
― Tristan Tzara, Manifesti del dadaismo

“Art needs an operation”
― Tristan Tzara, Seven Dada Manifestos and Lampisteries

“Una obra de arte jamás es
bella, por decreto, objetivamente, para todos.”
― Tristan Tzara, Seven Dada Manifestos and Lampisteries

“Nothing is more pleasant than to baffle people. The”
― Tristan Tzara, The Dada Manifestos & Lampisteries

“Dada n'a aucune prétention comme la vie devrait être. Peut-être me comprendrez-vous mieux quand je vous dirai que dada est un microbe vierge qui s'introduit avec l'insistance de l'air dans tous les espaces que la raison n'a pu combler de mots ou de conventions.”
― Tristan Tzara, Seven Dada Manifestos and Lampisteries

“Yo escribo este manifiesto para mostrar que pueden ejecutarse juntas las acciones opuestas, en una sola y fresca respiración; yo estoy en contra de la acción; a favor de la continua contradicción, y también de la afirmación, no estoy ni a favor ni en contra y no lo explico porque odio el sentido común.”
― Tristan Tzara, Seven Dada Manifestos and Lampisteries

“novelty resembles life in the same way as the latest apparition of a harlot proves the essence of God. His existence had already been proved by the accordion, the”
― Tristan Tzara, The Dada Manifestos & Lampisteries

“Dada est la vie sans pantoufles ni parallèles; qui est contre et pour l'unité et décidément contre le futur; [...] et crachons sur l'humanité.”
― Tristan Tzara, Sept manifestes Dada: Lampisteries (Fonds Pauvert)