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We do not wish to copy nature. We do not want to reproduce, we want to produce. We want to produce as a plant produces a fruit and does not itself reproduce.

— Jean Arp Jours effeuillés: Poèmes, essaies, souvenirs (1966)

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I like nature but not its substitutes. Naturalist art, illusionism, is a substitute for nature.

Jours effeuillés: Poèmes, essaies, souvenirs (1966)

To be full of joy when looking at an oeuvre is not a little thing.

Jours effeuillés: Poèmes, essaies, souvenirs (1966)

The philosophers are of less use to Dada than an old toothbrush, and it leaves them on the scrap heap for the great leaders of the world.

Jours effeuillés: Poèmes, essaies, souvenirs (1966)

In recent times, Surrealist painters have used descriptive illusionistic academic methods.

In the good times of Dada, we detested polished works, the distracted air of spiritual struggle, the titans, and we rejected them with all out being.

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