34 Quotes by Tristan Tzara

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.

Every page should explode, either because of its staggering absurdity, the enthusiasm of its principles, or its typography.

I speak only of myself since I do not wish to convince, I have no right to drag others into my river, I oblige no one to follow me and everybody practices his art in his own way." - Tristan Tzara "Dada Manifesto 1918

Thought is made in the mouth.

For me taking part in the decay of present-day man is an entertaining task and the only one that interests me.

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.

Una obra de arte jamás esbella, por decreto, objetivamente, para todos.

The rest, called literature, is a dossier of human imbecility for the guidance of future professors.

Any work of art that can be understood is the product of journalism.