The work of art has its origin in an unconscious impulse that springs from collective substrata of universal values common to all men, from which all men draw their gestures, and from which the artist derives the 'archaic' of organic existence. Every man of his own accord extracts the human element from this base, without realizing it, and in an elementary and immediate way.


pp. 16-17 - 'For the Discovery of a Zone of Images', Piero Manzoni, 1957

Piero Manzoni Quotes

The work of art has its origin in an unconscious impulse that springs from collective substrata of universal values common to all men, from which all ...

The work of art has its origin in an unconscious impulse that springs from collective substrata of universal values common to all men, from which all ...

The work of art has its origin in an unconscious impulse that springs from collective substrata of universal values common to all men, from which all ...

The work of art has its origin in an unconscious impulse that springs from collective substrata of universal values common to all men, from which all ...