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“Atomic physics, was the worst thing that happened in the 20th century.”

“At the beginning I was confronted with a choice: move into art or revolutionary politics,... I took the path of art at the age of 18.... I could see this possibility of using the ideas of social change within art.”

“Auto-destructive art is conceived as a desperate last-minute subversive political weapon used by artists. It is an attack on the Capitalist system and the production of war materials. It is committed to nuclear disarmament and people's struggle.”

“Facing up to the Nazis and the powers of the Nazi state coloured my life as an artist.”

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