"Dada hurts. Dada does not jest, for the reason that it was experienced by revolutionary men and not by philistines wh…"

"There is a difference between sitting quietly in Switzerland [Dada in Zurich] and bedding down on a vulcano, as we di…"

"[ Tinguely is a] Meta-Dadaist... [who had] fulfilled certain ideas of ours, notably the idea of motion."

"The dissection of words into sounds is contrary to the purpose of language and applies musical principles to an indep…"

"The cows sit on the telegraph poles and play chess The cockatoo under the skirts of the Spanish dancer Sings as sadly…"

"That is the lavender landscape Herr Mayer was talking about when he lost his eye Only the fire department can drive t…"

"Have you seen the fish that have been standing in front of the opera in cutaways for the last two days and nights..? …"

"I hold peace and war in my toga but I'l take a cherry flip Today nobody knows whether he was tomorrow They beat time …"

"The professors of zoology gather in the meadows With the palms of their hands they turn back the rainbows the great m…"

"Huelsenbeck has arrived [from Berlin]. He pleads for an intensification of rhythm (Negro rhythm). He would prefer to …"