When I adjust materials of different kinds to one another, I have taken a step in advance of mere oil painting, for in addition to playing off color against color, line against line, form against form, etc., I play off material against material, for example, wood against sackcloth.
I could see no reason why used tram tickets, bits of driftwood, buttons and old junk from attics and rubbish heaps should not serve well as materials… - Kurt Schwitters
I could see no reason why used tram tickets, bits of driftwood, buttons and old junk from attics and rubbish heaps should not serve well as materials…
- Kurt Schwitters
Inspiration,' the false artist says,'it just comes to me.' And it shows.His pictures are as like as the four walls of his room -- morning, evening, m… - Kurt Schwitters
Inspiration,' the false artist says,'it just comes to me.' And it shows.His pictures are as like as the four walls of his room -- morning, evening, m…
This is what is known as perspective, and it is a swindle. - Kurt Schwitters
This is what is known as perspective, and it is a swindle.
When I adjust materials of different kinds to one another, I have taken a step in advance of mere oil painting, for in addition to playing off color … - Kurt Schwitters
When I adjust materials of different kinds to one another, I have taken a step in advance of mere oil painting, for in addition to playing off color …
Art is a spiritual function of man, which aims at freeing him from life's chaos. Art is free in the use of its means in any way it likes, but is boun… - Kurt Schwitters
Art is a spiritual function of man, which aims at freeing him from life's chaos. Art is free in the use of its means in any way it likes, but is boun…
Everything an artist spits is art. - Kurt Schwitters
Everything an artist spits is art.
The picture is a self-sufficient work of art. It is not connected to anything outside. - Kurt Schwitters
The picture is a self-sufficient work of art. It is not connected to anything outside.
Merz art strives for immediate expression by shortening the path from intuition to visual manifestation of the artwork... they will receive my new wo… - Kurt Schwitters
Merz art strives for immediate expression by shortening the path from intuition to visual manifestation of the artwork... they will receive my new wo…
New things had to be made out of fragments. - Kurt Schwitters
New things had to be made out of fragments.
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