Hugo Ball > Quotes

“Every word that is spoken and sung here (the Cabaret Voltaire) represents at least this one thing: that this humiliating age has not succeeded in winning our respect.”
― Hugo Ball

“Punctuality can go to the devil.”
― Hugo Ball, Flametti, or The Dandyism of the Poor

“Why can't a tree be called Pluplusch?”
― Hugo Ball

“It's inspiration that counts, not the drill.”
― Hugo Ball, Flametti, or The Dandyism of the Poor

“And if you acknowledged cleanliness,oder, and the law, you also had to acknowledge the police.”
― Hugo Ball, Flametti, or The Dandyism of the Poor

“Everything is functioning; only man himself is not any longer.”
― Hugo Ball, Flight Out of Time: A Dada Diary

“Oh, this century of glowing light and barbed wire, primordial strength and abyss!”
― Hugo Ball, Ball and Hammer: Hugo Ball's Tenderenda the Fantast

“The artist’s secret lies in fear and awe. Our times have turned them into terror and dismay.”
― Hugo Ball, Flight Out of Time: A Dada Diary

“No such thing as humanity without flaws.”
― Hugo Ball, Flametti, or The Dandyism of the Poor

“I bear the signature of my homeland, and I feel surrounded by it everywhere I go.”
― Hugo Ball, Flight Out of Time: A Dada Diary

“Da li bi čovjek trebao tetovirati srce na čelo? Tada bi cijeli svijet vidio: srce mu je udarilo u glavu. A budući da bi to bilo srce boje tinte, modro poput umiranja, agonijsko, moglo bi se reći i: smrt mu je udarila u glavu. Mi samo trebamo zapisati koliko duboko nas je pogodio užas.”
― Hugo Ball, Flight Out of Time: A Dada Diary