Best Dada Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“Every word that is spoken and sung here (the Cabaret Voltaire) represents at least this one thing: that this humiliating age has not succeeded in winning our respect.”

Respect Disgust Dada

Author:Hugo Ball

“Try to be empty and fill your brain cells with a petty happiness. Always destroy what you have in you.”

Art Dada Dadaism

Author:Tristan Tzara

“With the sound of gusting wind in the branches of the language trees of Babel, the words gave way like leaves, and every reader glimpsed another reality hidden in the foilage.”

Reading Language Dada

Book:The Posthuman Dada Guide: Tzara & Lenin Play Chess

Source: The Posthuman Dada Guide: Tzara & Lenin Play Chess

“Every page should explode, either because of its staggering absurdity, the enthusiasm of its principles, or its typography.”

Art Literature Politics Design Books Surrealism Linguistics Typography Manifesto Dada Dadism

Book:Manifesti del dadaismo

Source: Manifesti del dadaismo

“Why can't a tree be called Pluplusch?”

Art Avant Garde Manifesto Dada Dadaism

Author:Hugo Ball

“That's a beautiful speech, but nobody's listening. Let's go.”

Surrealism Avant Garde Dada

Book:Ubu Roi

Source: Ubu Roi

“Eternity is the best policy.”

Dada

Author:Kurt Schwitters

“Punctuality can go to the devil.”

Humor Dada Tardy

Book:Flametti, or The Dandyism of the Poor

Source: Flametti, or The Dandyism of the Poor

“Doa ku seakan paku di peti mati mu. Tajam mendalam. Menembus dadamu, menjelma dunia rapuh, penuh kegelisahan tak berarti . . #andradobing”

Cinta Puisi Rindu Sajak Doa Mati Dada Andra Gelisah Dobing Peti Jelma

Author:andra dobing

“I did exhibitions with the Surrealists (in Paris, in 1929) because their attitude revolted against 'art' and their attitude toward life itself was wise, as was Dada’s.’ Hans Arp”

Paris Revolt Surrealism Dada Hans Arp

Book:Love in Paris - Poetic Guide to the Romance of the City

Source: Love in Paris - Poetic Guide to the Romance of the City

“Dada n'a aucune prétention comme la vie devrait être. Peut-être me comprendrez-vous mieux quand je vous dirai que dada est un microbe vierge qui s'introduit avec l'insistance de l'air dans tous les espaces que la raison n'a pu combler de mots ou de conventions.”

Dada

Book:Seven Dada Manifestos and Lampisteries

Source: Seven Dada Manifestos and Lampisteries

“Oh, this century of glowing light and barbed wire, primordial strength and abyss!”

Dada Dadaism

Book:Ball and Hammer: Hugo Ball's Tenderenda the Fantast

Source: Ball and Hammer: Hugo Ball's Tenderenda the Fantast

“Neo-fluxus, neo-dada, stuckism, experimental art, are noncontinuous, usable concepts.”

Concepts Dada Experimental Art Fluxus Neo Dadaism Neo Fluxus Stuckism

Author:Vladan Kuzmanovic

“This is Zürich for me: The old town that reeks of Dada, James Joyce and Cabaret Voltaire.”

Zurich Dada James Joyce Dadaism Cabaret Voltaire

Book:2017: Our Summer of Reunions: Braai Seasons with Howl Gang (Howl Gang Legend)

Source: 2017: Our Summer of Reunions: Braai Seasons with Howl Gang (Howl Gang Legend)

“Alive or dead," he told himself, "I am just so much manure. One hundred and sixty-five pounds of it, belong by right to the nearest field of corn. Take me out among the hills and lay me down there, a willing hostage from mankind, a tribute to the silent way, the august overlordship of the Vegetable Kingdom.”

Surrealist Dada Experimental

Book:The Eater of Darkness

Source: The Eater of Darkness

“All in all, my dearest: art was a teething problem.”

Dada Dadaism

Book:Last Loosening: A Handbook for the Con Artist & Those Aspiring to Become One

Source: Last Loosening: A Handbook for the Con Artist & Those Aspiring to Become One

“Let each dance be a step in changing this world.”

Dada

Author:Charmaine J Forde