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“Those works created from solitude and from pure and authentic creative impulses – where the worries of competition, acclaim and social promotion do not interfere – are, because of these very facts, more precious than the productions of professions. After a certain familiarity with these flourishings of an exalted feverishness, lived so fully and so intensely by their authors, we cannot avoid the feeling that in relation to these works, cultural art in its entirety appears to be the game of a futile society, a fallacious parade.” – Jean Dubuffet.

NOTE: I found this quote at the Art Brute group at Facebook.

Hans Prinzhorn wrote the book Artistry of the Mentally Ill, Jean Dubuffet was greatly influenced by the work  which lead to   Art Brute / Outsider art / Raw art / Rough Art