Surrealism Quotes

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In an age of computer manipulation, surrealism has become banal, a shadow of its former self. — Milton Glaser
THE ACT OF KILLING invents a new form of cinematic surrealism. — Werner Herzog
When man resolved to imitate walking, he invented the wheel, which does not look like a leg. In doing this, he was practicing surrealism without… — Guillaume Apollinaire
The simplest act of surrealism is to walk out into the street, gun in hand, and shoot at random. — Andre Breton
Surrealism runs through the streets, — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Surrealism comes from the reality of Latin America. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
It was in the black mirror of anarchism that surrealism first recognised itself. — Andre Breton
Surrealism will usher you into death, which is a secret society. It will glove your hand, burying therein the profound M with which the word… — Andre Breton
Surrealism does not allow those who devote themselves to it to forsake it whenever they like. There is every reason to believe that it acts… — Andre Breton
The overintellectualization of surrealism can be a bromide. A dream interpreted is a deflated dream. — Graham Joyce
I guess Surrealism has a draw for me because it's an unknown world. It's a world of subconscious. Some things you can't really get your… — Gotye
The activities of these parasites and degenerates gave rise to Cubism, Fauvism, Futurism, Pointillism, Constructivism, Orphism, Surrealism, Dada, and also Impossibleism, Supersurrealism, Dynamic Double-Dog Realism,… — Daniel Pinkwater
Drosselmeier had unwittingly exposed himself to an overdose of reality, and it had destroyed his reason. — Angela Carter
Surrealism! What is Surrealism? In my opinion, it is above all a reawakening of the poetic idea in art, the reintroduction of the subject but… — Paul Delvaux
Surrealism to me is reality. Psychedelic vision is reality to me and always was. — John Lennon
My idea is to bring happiness, respect, vision. poetry, surrealism and magic [to design]. — Philippe Starck
The poetry and transgression that was so much of surrealism's anarchic force has been recruited into mainstream culture. It has been made commonplace by television… — Graham Joyce
Psychic automatism in its pure state, by which one proposes to express -- verbally, by means of the written word, or in any other manner… — Andre Breton
Surrealism will usher you into death, which is a secret society. It will glove your hand, burying therein the profound M with which the word… — Andre Breton
As far as the style, I was fascinated by surrealism. — Mark Mothersbaugh

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