“We have to ensure that it is structured organically, so that it functions like a person functions internally, like the organs function... First in the examination of the matter. Secondly in that one develops a concept of.... a social order that have never existed before. That simply means: to realize freedom, democracy and socialism – free democratic socialism.”

—  Joseph Beuys

1970's, Every Man an Artist: Talks at Documenta 5', 1972

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German visual artist 1921–1986

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