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Aesthetic Quote by Asger Jorn

“We have defined art as the life form and aesthetic art as the life renewal: the stimulating, animating, agitating, inspiring, inspirational, fermenting, fascinating fanaticising, explosive and outrageous: the renewal of the unknown.” quote by Asger Jorn — Download Open image

“We have defined art as the life form and aesthetic art as the life renewal: the stimulating, animating, agitating, inspiring, inspirational, fermenting, fascinating fanaticising, explosive and outrageous: the renewal of the unknown.”

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To get anywhere, one must choose one's mistakes. I chose experimental acts.

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Anything really new is repulsive, because it is abnormal and unreasonable.

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