4. “ Surrealism, as I envisage it, proclaims loudly enough our absolute nonconformity, that there may be no question of calling it, in the case against the real world, as a witness for the defense.” Andre Breton, 1924 , Manifeste du Surrealisme
27. “ automatic drawing” by Andre Masson Psychic automatism in its pure state, by which one proposes to express -- verbally, by means of the written word, or in any other manner -- the actual functioning of thought . Dictated by the thought, in the absence of any control exercised by reason, exempt from any aesthetic or moral concern. -Andre Breton
36. … the chance encounter of an umbrella and a sewing machine on a dissecting table.” -Lautreamont
37. Le mervailleuse “ Let us not mince words: the marvelous is always beautiful. Anything marvelous is beautiful, in fact only the marvelous is beautiful.” -Andre Breton, 1924
73. Chris Burden (Los Angeles, 1970s) The simplest Surrealist act consists of dashing down into the street, pistol in hand, and firing blindly, as fast as you can pull the trigger, into the crowd. -Andre Breton (Paris, 1924)
121. “ Surrealism does not allow those who devote themselves to it to forsake it whenever they like. There is every reason to believe that it acts on the mind very much as drugs do; like drugs, it creates a certain state of need and can push man to frightful revolts.” -Andre Breton “ Madness is revolution confined to the self.” -John Berger