Since the time of the cavemen, man has glorified himself, has made himself divine, and his monstrous vanity has caused human catastrophe. Art has collaborated in this false development. I find this concept of art which has sustained man's vanity to be loathsome.

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

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