"The intrinsic decorative urge should not be eradicated. It is one of humankind's deep-rooted, primordial urges. Primitive people decorated their implements and cult objects with a desire to beautify and enhance.. ..it is a sense emanating from the urge for perfection and creative accomplishment."

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“'Dada Dance: Sophie Taeuber’s Visceral Abstraction', Nell Andrew, 3 July, 2014 / Archive, Highlighted Content”

“I think I have spoken enough to you about serious things; which is why I speak of something to which I attribute great value, still too little appreciated — gaiety. It is gaiety, basically, that allows us to have no fear before the problems of life and to find a natural solution to them.”

“I very much enjoyed working on the drawing, so much so that I made a whole series of small watercolors that I can use at any time for application on embroidered purses, pillows, rugs and wall hangings.”

“..the wish to produce beautiful things — when that wish is true and profound — falls together with striving for perfection.”

“'Sophie Taeuber-Arp', essay by Carolyn Lanchner, 1981; publisher: The Museum of Modern Art”

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