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“Is it a spiral of water in the tragic gleam of a revolver, an egg, a glistening arc or the floodgate of reason, a keen ear attuned to a mineral hiss, or a turbine of algebraic formulas? (On Man Ray's first photograms, 1921.)”

Quote by Tristan Tzara

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Tristan Tzara
Tristan Tzara

Tristan Tzara, born on April 16, 1896, and died on December 25, 1963, was a prominent poet. He was one of the founders of the Dada movement, known for his unique poetic style and avant-garde artistic ideas that influenced later generations. more

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