"It is said that the public is stupid. That's why those who hold it in contempt never dare to offer it something original."
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Isidore Isou
Isidore Isou (January 31, 1925 – July 28, 2007), born Ioan-Isidor Goldstein, was a Romanian-born French poet, film critic and visual artist. He was the founder of Lettrism, an art and literary movement which owed inspiration to Dada and Surrealism.
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