4 Quotes & Sayings By Tristan Tzara

Tristan Tzara was a Slovenian-born French poet, playwright, and art theorist. He is best known as the author of Dadaism, an early 20th-century movement that originated in Zurich, Switzerland. Dadaist Manifesto, written by Tristan Tzara, stated the principles of Dadaism, from a critical point of view: "Dada is a new form of art which is to destroy the old art and to give birth to a new one. It is a total revolt against all forms of artistic convention."

Every page should explode, either because of its staggering absurdity,...
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Every page should explode, either because of its staggering absurdity, the enthusiasm of its principles, or its typography. Tristan Tzara
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I am writing a manifesto and there's nothing I want, and yet I'm saying certain things, and in principle I am against manifestos, as I am against principles. Tristan Tzara
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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