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

— Isidore Isou Venom and Eternity (1951)

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The flourishing of bursts of energy dies beyond us.

The rigidity of forms impedes their transmission.

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)

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Men do not lead the revolution; it is the Revolution that uses men.

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The great revolution in the history of man, past, present and future, is the revolution of those determined to be free.

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