"Art needs an operation."
- Tristan Tzara, 1919
(1 of 13)
"Art needs an operation."
- Tristan Tzara, 1919
(1 of 13)
"Before Dada was there, there was Dada."
- Hans Arp, 1919
(2 of 13)
"In principle I am against manifestos,
as I am also against principles."
- Tristan Tzara, 1919
(3 of 13)
"I can live without eating and drinking
but not without DADA."
- George Grosz, 1919
(4 of 13)
"The normal state of man is Dada."
- First International Dada Fair poster, 1919
(5 of 13)
"The true dadas are against Dada."
- First International Dada Fair poster, 1919
(6 of 13)
"One can shout out through refuse."
- Kurt Schwitters, 1919
(7 of 13)
"Trespassers will not be prosecuted."
- Inscription on drawing exhibited at Dada-Early Spring exhibition, 1920
(8 of 13)
"Dada has never claimed
to
have anything to do with art."
- Max Ernst, 1920
(9 of 13)
"Dada cannot live in New York.
All New York is dada, and will not tolerate a rival."
- Man Ray, 1921
(10 of 13)
"Like everything in Life, Dada is useless."
- Tristan Tzara, 1922
(11 of 13)
"Dada signified nothing, it is nothing, nothing nothing . . . "
- Francis Picabia, 1915
(12 of 13)
"No one can escape from DADA."
- Tristan Tzara, 1920
(13 of 13)