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Isidore Isou Quotes

d. 2007 France

Isidore Isou (January 31, 1925 – July 28, 2007), born Ioan-Isidor Goldstein, was a Romanian-born French poet, film critic and visual artist. He was the founder of Lettrism, an art and literary movement which owed inspiration to Dada and Surrealism.

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The flourishing of bursts of energy dies beyond us.

The rigidity of forms impedes their transmission.

The evolution of art has nothing to do with the revolution of society.

Venom and Eternity (1951)

It is said that the public is stupid. That's why those who hold it in contempt never dare to offer it something original.

Venom and Eternity (1951)

There is no "worst" in what is new. Everything that has existed is bad, or else no one would have improved upon it by revolution and change.

Venom and Eternity (1951)

Radio through television becomes a species of Cinema. Why shouldn't Cinema, in turn, become a species of radio?

Venom and Eternity (1951)

The Cinema is too rich; it is obese.

Venom and Eternity (1951)

There are so many films from which one leaves as stupid as one entered. I'd rather give you a migraine than nothing at all … I'd rather ruin your eyes than leave you indifferent.

Venom and Eternity (1951)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Isidore Isou (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.