Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Hugo Ball
Born: February 22, 1886
Died: September 14, 1927 (aged 41)
Bio: Hugo Ball was a German author, poet and one of the leading Dada artists.
Known for:
- Flight Out of Time: A Dada Diary
- Flametti (1918)
- Tenderenda, der Phantast
- Dada Manifesto
- Critique of the German Intelligentsia