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The purest surrealist act is walking into a crowd with a loaded gun and firing into it randomly


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Nothing retains less of desire in art, in science, than this will to industry, booty, possession.

Nothing retains less of desire in art, in science, than this will to industry, booty, possession.



Surrealism is based on the belief in the omnipotence of dreams, in the undirected play of thought.

Surrealism is based on the belief in the omnipotence of dreams, in the undirected play of thought.



Every time you date someone with an issue that you have to work to ignore, you're settling.

Every time you date someone with an issue that you have to work to ignore, you're settling.



All my life, my heart has yearned for a thing I cannot name.

All my life, my heart has yearned for a thing I cannot name.



The art of Frida Kahlo is a ribbon around a bomb.

The art of Frida Kahlo is a ribbon around a bomb.



The simplest act of surrealism is to walk out into the street, gun in hand, and shoot at random.

The simplest act of surrealism is to walk out into the street, gun in hand, and shoot at random.



The mind which plunges into Surrealism, relives with burning excitement the best part of childhood.

The mind which plunges into Surrealism, relives with burning excitement the best part of childhood.



It was in the black mirror of anarchism that surrealism first recognised itself.

It was in the black mirror of anarchism that surrealism first recognised itself.



Objects seen in dreams should be manufactured and put on sale.

Objects seen in dreams should be manufactured and put on sale.



Trust in the inexhaustible character of the murmur.

Trust in the inexhaustible character of the murmur.





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