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Jean Dubuffet Quotes

What I expect from any work of art is that it surprises me, that it violates my customary valuations of things and offers me other, unexpected ones Picture Quote #1

Art doesn’t go to sleep in the bed made for it. It would sooner run away than say its own name: what it likes is to be incognito. Its best moments are when it forgets what its own name is Picture Quote #1

For me, insanity is super sanity. The normal is psychotic. Normal means lack of imagination, lack of creativity Picture Quote #1

What I expect from any work of art is that it surprises me, that it violates my customary valuations of things and offers me other, unexpected ones Picture Quote #1

Dancing is the last word in life. In dancing one draws nearer to oneself Picture Quote #1

Art should be born from the materials Picture Quote #1

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Art is the most frenzied orgy man is capable of Picture Quote #1

When I want to draw a camel I no longer limit myself, as I once did, to looking only at camels Picture Quote #1

Mud, rubbish and dirt are man’s companions all his life; shouldn’t they be precious to him, and isn’t one doing man’s service to remind him of their beauty? Picture Quote #1

Art addresses itself to the mind, and not to the eyes. It has always been considered in this way by primitive peoples, and they are right Picture Quote #1

Painting is... a richer language than words... Painting operates through signs which are not abstract and incorporeal like words. The signs of painting are much closer to the objects themselves Picture Quote #1

I would like people to see my work as a rehabilitation of scorned values and, in any case, make no mistake about it, a work of ardent celebration Picture Quote #1

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I have always been haunted by the feeling that the painter has much to gain from making use of the forces that tend to work against his action Picture Quote #1

Our culture is like a garment that does not fit us, or in any case no longer fits us. This culture is like a dead language that no longer has anything in common with the language of the street. It is increasingly alien to our lives Picture Quote #1

There is no such thing as abstract art, or else all art is abstract, which amounts tot the same thing. Abstract art no more exists than does curved art yellow art or green art Picture Quote #1

Man’s need for art is absolutely primordial, as strong as, and perhaps stronger than, our need for bread. Without bread, we die of hunger, but without art we die of boredom Picture Quote #1

Art doesn’t go to sleep in the bed made for it. It would sooner run away than say its own name: what it likes is to be incognito. Its best moments are when it forgets what its own name is Picture Quote #1

What interests me about thoughts is not the moment when it crystallises into formal ideas but its earlier stages Picture Quote #1

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Art does not lie down on the bed that is made for it; it runs away as soon as one says its name; it loves to go incognito. Its best moments are when it forgets what it is called Picture Quote #1

There is no art without intoxication. But I mean a mad intoxication! Let reason teeter! Delirium! The highest degree of delirium! Plunged in burning dementia! Art is the most enrapturing orgy within man’s reach.. Art must make you laugh a little and make you a little afraid. Anything as long as it doesn’t bore Picture Quote #1

Personally, I believe very much in values of savagery; I mean: instinct, passion, mood, violence, madness Picture Quote #1

The things we truly love, the things forming the basis and roots of our being, are generally things we never look at. A huge piece of carpeting, empty and naked plains, silent and uninterrupted stretches with nothing to alter the homogeneity of their continuity. I love wide, homogenous worlds, unstaked, unlimited like the sea, like high snows, deserts, and steppes Picture Quote #1

Unless one says goodbye to what one loves, and unless one travels to completely new territories, one can expect merely a long wearing away of oneself and an eventual extinction Picture Quote #1

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What I expect from any work of art is that it surprises me, that it violates my customary valuations of things and offers me other, unexpected ones. (Jean Dubuffet Quotes) Art doesn’t go to sleep in the bed made for it. It would sooner run away than say its own name: what it likes is to be incognito. Its best moments are when it forgets what its own name is. (Jean Dubuffet Quotes) For me, insanity is super sanity. The normal is psychotic. Normal means lack of imagination, lack of creativity (Jean Dubuffet Quotes) What I expect from any work of art is that it surprises me, that it violates my customary valuations of things and offers me other, unexpected ones (Jean Dubuffet Quotes) Dancing is the last word in life. In dancing one draws nearer to oneself (Jean Dubuffet Quotes) Art should be born from the materials (Jean Dubuffet Quotes) Art is the most frenzied orgy man is capable of (Jean Dubuffet Quotes) When I want to draw a camel I no longer limit myself, as I once did, to looking only at camels (Jean Dubuffet Quotes) Mud, rubbish and dirt are man’s companions all his life; shouldn’t they be precious to him, and isn’t one doing man’s service to remind him of their beauty? (Jean Dubuffet Quotes) Art addresses itself to the mind, and not to the eyes. It has always been considered in this way by primitive peoples, and they are right (Jean Dubuffet Quotes) Painting is... a richer language than words... Painting operates through signs which are not abstract and incorporeal like words. The signs of painting are much closer to the objects themselves (Jean Dubuffet Quotes) I would like people to see my work as a rehabilitation of scorned values and, in any case, make no mistake about it, a work of ardent celebration (Jean Dubuffet Quotes) I have always been haunted by the feeling that the painter has much to gain from making use of the forces that tend to work against his action (Jean Dubuffet Quotes) Our culture is like a garment that does not fit us, or in any case no longer fits us. This culture is like a dead language that no longer has anything in common with the language of the street. It is increasingly alien to our lives (Jean Dubuffet Quotes) There is no such thing as abstract art, or else all art is abstract, which amounts tot the same thing. Abstract art no more exists than does curved art yellow art or green art (Jean Dubuffet Quotes) Man’s need for art is absolutely primordial, as strong as, and perhaps stronger than, our need for bread. Without bread, we die of hunger, but without art we die of boredom (Jean Dubuffet Quotes) Art doesn’t go to sleep in the bed made for it. It would sooner run away than say its own name: what it likes is to be incognito. Its best moments are when it forgets what its own name is (Jean Dubuffet Quotes) What interests me about thoughts is not the moment when it crystallises into formal ideas but its earlier stages (Jean Dubuffet Quotes) Art does not lie down on the bed that is made for it; it runs away as soon as one says its name; it loves to go incognito. Its best moments are when it forgets what it is called (Jean Dubuffet Quotes) There is no art without intoxication. But I mean a mad intoxication! Let reason teeter! Delirium! The highest degree of delirium! Plunged in burning dementia! Art is the most enrapturing orgy within man’s reach.. Art must make you laugh a little and make you a little afraid. Anything as long as it doesn’t bore (Jean Dubuffet Quotes) Personally, I believe very much in values of savagery; I mean: instinct, passion, mood, violence, madness (Jean Dubuffet Quotes) The things we truly love, the things forming the basis and roots of our being, are generally things we never look at. A huge piece of carpeting, empty and naked plains, silent and uninterrupted stretches with nothing to alter the homogeneity of their continuity. I love wide, homogenous worlds, unstaked, unlimited like the sea, like high snows, deserts, and steppes (Jean Dubuffet Quotes) Unless one says goodbye to what one loves, and unless one travels to completely new territories, one can expect merely a long wearing away of oneself and an eventual extinction (Jean Dubuffet Quotes)