Always destroy what is in you.

- Tristan Tzara

Everyone dances to his own personal boomboom.

- Tristan Tzara

Not the old, not the new, but the necessary.

- Tristan Tzara

To make a poem, take one newspaper, one pair of scissors, snip the words one by one and put them in a bag. Shake gently, draw them out at random, and…

- Tristan Tzara

In principle, I am against principles.

- Tristan Tzara

I write a manifesto and I want nothing, yet I say certain things, and in principle I am against manifestoes, as I am also against principles.

- Tristan Tzara

The summit sings what is being spoken in the depths.

- Tristan Tzara

Let us try for once not to be right.

- Tristan Tzara

But let's speak of art for a moment. Yes, art. I know a gentleman who makes excellent portraits. This gentleman is a camera.

- Tristan Tzara