"..with its smug, superficial way of life and its belief in the the omnipotence of technological and scientific achievement, society had succumbed to a process of degeneration to which the only answer was a revolutionary new anti-art. Andre Breton, the unifying figure and charismatic leader, who, over the next two decades would coordinate acitvities and rally the troops, envisioned a movement that could really make a difference.
Surrealism would not only embrace art and literature, but would also play a part in solving the principal problems of life. It would bring about social and psychological change".
(Surrealism, Cathrin Klingsohr-Leroy, 2006)
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