
Today's art should not be good. It should not be beautiful. It should not be pleasant. - Taro Okamoto [Okamoto Tarō] (1911 - 1996): Today's Art [The Art of Today]
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今日の芸術は、うまくあってはいけない。きれいであってはならない。ここちよくあってはならない。 - 岡本太郎 (1911 - 1996): 『今日の芸術』

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