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> [Merz art strives for immediate expression by shortening the path from intuition to visual manifestation of the artwork... they will receive my new work als they always have when something new presents itself: with indignation and screams of scorn.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-schwitters/merz-art-strives-for-immediate-expression-by-shortening-the-path-from/)

[Kurt Schwitters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-schwitters/)

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## More by Kurt Schwitters

> [A game played with serious problems. That's what art is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-schwitters/a-game-played-with-serious-problems-that-s-what-art-is/)

[Kurt Schwitters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-schwitters/)

> [My name is Kurt Schwitters... I am an artist and I nail my pictures together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-schwitters/my-name-is-kurt-schwitters-i-am-an-artist-and-i-nail-my-pictures/)

[Kurt Schwitters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-schwitters/)

> [This is what is known as perspective, and it is a swindle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-schwitters/this-is-what-is-known-as-perspective-and-it-is-a-swindle/)

[Kurt Schwitters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-schwitters/)

> [The medium is as unimportant as I myself. Essential is only the forming.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-schwitters/the-medium-is-as-unimportant-as-i-myself-essential-is-only-the-forming/)

[Kurt Schwitters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-schwitters/)

> [Invest your money in Dada! Dada is the only savings bank that pays interest in the hereafter!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-schwitters/invest-your-money-in-dada-dada-is-the-only-savings-bank-that-pays/)

[Kurt Schwitters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-schwitters/when-i-adjust-materials-of-different-kinds-to-one-another-i-have/)

[Kurt Schwitters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-schwitters/)

> [My name is Schwitters, Kurt Schwitters... I'm a painter and I nail my pictures... I'd like to be accepted into the Dada Club](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-schwitters/my-name-is-schwitters-kurt-schwitters-i-m-a-painter-and-i-nail-my/)

[Kurt Schwitters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-schwitters/i-could-see-no-reason-why-used-tram-tickets-bits-of-driftwood-buttons/)

[Kurt Schwitters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-schwitters/)

> [“Eternity is the best policy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-schwitters/eternity-is-the-best-policy/)

[Kurt Schwitters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-schwitters/)

> [New things had to be made out of fragments.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-schwitters/new-things-had-to-be-made-out-of-fragments/)

[Kurt Schwitters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-schwitters/)

> [Everything an artist spits is art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-schwitters/everything-an-artist-spits-is-art/)

[Kurt Schwitters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-schwitters/)

> [The picture is a self-sufficient work of art. It is not connected to anything outside.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-schwitters/the-picture-is-a-self-sufficient-work-of-art-it-is-not-connected-to/)

[Kurt Schwitters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-schwitters/when-i-adjust-materials-of-different-kinds-to-one-another-i-have-2/)

[Kurt Schwitters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-schwitters/art-is-a-spiritual-function-of-man-which-aims-at-freeing-him-from/)

[Kurt Schwitters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-schwitters/merz-art-strives-for-immediate-expression-by-shortening-the-path-from/)

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