Arkady Timofeevich Averchenko

“ VI The ambassadors of future art arose from their knees, shook dust off their trousers, removed the spoons from their button holes, thrusting them into their pockets, and timidly, one after another, walked out into a corridor. ”

“ Nothing restricts a man like paint does. No use of it, as it just confuses and restricts. I knew a man who was so restricted by paint, that he had to move to another city ...
- What do you mean?
- Yes, very simple. Mildyaev is his name. Where is your picture?
- Here it hangs. Looks very fresh and clever, does it?
II To give a credit to the young maestro with a pink rash, he has escaped paint in the most positive way: on the wall there hung a black metal tray, in the middle of which with some adhesive material a small dead rat was attached. ”

“ Everyone has his own habits, as they say. You throw a dead rat on a tray, two pieces of wrapping paper and say: this is a picture. Ok, so I agree. This is a picture. I have even bought it. “American in Moscow” - I have also bought it. This is your way. And I have also my own way of honoring young promising talents: I rub them first with a raspberry jam, sprinkle with confetti and glue to their cheeks two pieces of fly paper. ”