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To attempt to hold fast an instant id doubtful.

— Jean Tinguely untitled statements in 'Zero 3 (1961)

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To petrify love is impossible. | It is beautiful to be transitory. | How lovely it is not to have to live forever. | Luckily there is nothing good and nothing evil. | reprinted in 'Zero', ed. Otto Piene and Heinz Mack, Cambridge, Mass; MIT Press 1973, p. 120

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untitled statements in 'Zero 3 (1961)

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