“To arrive at such a discovery, fruit of a log and precious education, involves a whole field of precise technique. The artist must immerse himself in his own anxiety, dredging up everything that is alien, imposed or personal in the derogatory sense, in order to arrive at the authentic zone of values.”

—  Piero Manzoni

Source: For the Discovery of a Zone of Images', Piero Manzoni, 1957, pp. 18-19

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