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“Form itself, even if completely abstract ... has its own inner sound.”
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“We must not fear daylight just because it almost always illuminates a miserable world.”
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“A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.”
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“In totalitarian countries, where belief in Pavlovlian strategy has assumed grotesque proportions, the self-thinking, subjective man has disappeared. There is an utter rejection of any attempt at persuasion or discussion. Individual self-expression is taboo. Private affection is taboo.
Peaceful exchange of free thoughts in free conversation will disturb the conditioned reflexes and is therefore taboo. No longer are there any brains, only conditioned patters and educated muscles. In such a taming system neurotic compulsion is looked upon as a positive asset instead of something pathological. The mental automato becomes the ideal of education.”
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Peaceful exchange of free thoughts in free conversation will disturb the conditioned reflexes and is therefore taboo. No longer are there any brains, only conditioned patters and educated muscles. In such a taming system neurotic compulsion is looked upon as a positive asset instead of something pathological. The mental automato becomes the ideal of education.”
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“Every page should explode, either because of its staggering absurdity, the enthusiasm of its principles, or its typography.”
― Manifesti del dadaismo
― Manifesti del dadaismo
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