I did exhibitions with the Surrealists (in Paris, in 1929) because their attitude revolted against 'art' and their attitude toward life itself was wise, as was Dada's.
All things, and man as well, should be like nature, without measure. - Hans Arp
All things, and man as well, should be like nature, without measure.
- Hans Arp
Dada aimed to destroy the reasonable deceptions of man and recover the natural and unreasonable order. - Hans Arp
Dada aimed to destroy the reasonable deceptions of man and recover the natural and unreasonable order.
I allow myself to be guided by the work which is in the process of being born. I have confidence in it. I do not think about it. - Hans Arp
I allow myself to be guided by the work which is in the process of being born. I have confidence in it. I do not think about it.
Soon silence will have passed into legend. Man has turned his back on silence. Day after day he invents machines and devices that increase noise and … - Hans Arp
Soon silence will have passed into legend. Man has turned his back on silence. Day after day he invents machines and devices that increase noise and …
Any work that is not rooted in myth and poetry or that does not partake of the depth and essence of the universe is merely a ghost. - Hans Arp
Any work that is not rooted in myth and poetry or that does not partake of the depth and essence of the universe is merely a ghost.
We do not wish to imitate nature, we do not wish to reproduce. We want to produce. We want to produce the way a plant produces its fruit, not depict.… - Hans Arp
We do not wish to imitate nature, we do not wish to reproduce. We want to produce. We want to produce the way a plant produces its fruit, not depict.…
The vertical and the horizontal are the extreme signs available to man for touching the beyond and his inwardness. - Hans Arp
The vertical and the horizontal are the extreme signs available to man for touching the beyond and his inwardness.
the streams buck like rams in a tent / whips crack and from the hills come the crookedly combed /shadows of the shepherds. /black eggs and fools' bel… - Hans Arp
the streams buck like rams in a tent / whips crack and from the hills come the crookedly combed /shadows of the shepherds. /black eggs and fools' bel…
In the good times of Dada, we detested polished works, the distracted air of spiritual struggle, the titans, and we rejected them with all out being. - Hans Arp
In the good times of Dada, we detested polished works, the distracted air of spiritual struggle, the titans, and we rejected them with all out being.
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