“Art is the distortion of an unendurable reality... Art is correction, modification of a situation; art is communication, connection... Art is social, self-sufficient, and total.” ArtSelfRealitySocialSituationCommunicationArt IsConnectionsSufficientDistortionCorrectionsSelf SufficientModificationUnendurable Author:Jean Tinguely
“To me art is a form of manifest revolt, total and complete... with Dada I also have in common a certain mistrust towards power. We don't like authority, we don't like power.” ArtFormCertainCommonAuthorityArt IsManifestRevoltMistrust Author:Jean Tinguely
“One has complexes. One has the art complex. One goes to the School of Fine Arts and catches the complexes.” ArtSchoolFineComplexesComplexityFine Arts Author:Jean Tinguely
“I can assure you, that once you get rid of the notion of art, you acquire a great many wonderful new freedoms.” ArtI CanWonderfulNotionAcquireGreat Men Author:Jean Tinguely
“If I had to, I would ask first of all: why do things move in your work? It's the most simple, and also the most complicated, question. And I answer: things move because if they didn't move, they might move .” IfsFirstsMightMovingAsksSimpleAnswersComplicatedWorking It Author:Jean Tinguely
