“Only the poor can create art.”

—  Andrei Codrescu

From a public forum http://fora.tv/2009/04/28/The_Posthuman_Dada_Guide_Tzara_and_Lenin_Play_Chess held at the Los Angeles Public Library, 28 April 2010.

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