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To make a poem, take one newspaper, one pair of scissors, snip the words one by one and put them in a bag. Shake gently, draw them out at random, and copy them conscientiously... DADA est mort. DADA est idiot. Vive DADA!

Tristan Tzara

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Tristan Tzara
Age: 67 †
Born: 1896
Born: April 4
Died: 1963
Died: December 24
Activist
Art Collector
Composer
Diplomat
Drawer
Essayist
Film Director
French Resistance Fighter
Literary Critic
Musician
Performance Artist
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Gently
Make
Bags
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Poem
Copy
Vive
Idiot
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Shake
Mort
Draw
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Copies
Dada
Words
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Scissors

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