OUIL 501 Initial Ideas

Collage Definition • • • •

ˈkɒlɑːʒ,kəˈlɑːʒ/ noun noun: collage; plural noun: collages a piece of art made by sticking various different materials such as photographs and pieces of paper or fabric on to a backing.

– the art of making collages.

– a collection or combination of various things.

“Not the old, not the new, but the necessary.”

–Tristan Tzara “To see, to hear, means nothing. To recognise (or not to recognise) means everything. Between what I do recognise and what I do not recognise there stands myself. And what I do not recognise I shall continue not to recognise.”

–Andre Breton “Art is not about itself, but the attention we bring to it.”

- Marcel Duchamp “Of course, there will always be those who look only at technique, who ask ‘how’, while others of a more curious nature will ask ‘why’.

Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.”

- Man Ray

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