“Dada turns decisively away from the speculative, in a sense loses its metaphysics and reveals its understanding of itself as an expression of this age which is primarily characterized by machinery and the growth of civilization. It desires to be no more than an expression of the times, it has taken into itself all their knowledge, their breathless tempo, their skepticism, but also their weariness, their despair of a meaning or a ‘truth’.” Art Book:En avant dada: de geschiedenis van het dadaisme Source: En avant dada: de geschiedenis van het dadaisme
“Art in its execution and direction is dependent on the time in which it lives, and artists are creatures of their epoch. The highest art will be that which in its conscious content presents the thousandfold problems of the day, the art which has been visibly shattered by the explosions of last week The best and most extraordinary artists will be those who every hour snatch the tatters of their bodies out of the frenzied cataract of life, who, with bleeding hands and hearts, hold fast to the intelligence of their time.” HeartHas BeensArtProblemBodyHandsLastsArtistHoursWeekCreaturesHighestConsciousExtraordinaryDependentExecutionExplosionsBleedingShatteredEpochHold Fast Author:Richard Huelsenbeck
