Hugo Ball (22 February 1886 – 14 September 1927) was a German author, poet and one of the leading Dada artists.
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“Everywhere, the ethical predicament of our time imposes itself with an urgency which suggests that even the question “Have we anything to eat?” will be answered not in material but in ethical terms.”
—Hugo Ball (1886–1927)
“Despotism is a long crime.”
—Victor Hugo (1802–1885)
“Blackberries
Big as the ball of my thumb, and dumb as eyes
Ebon in the hedges, fat
With blue-red juices. These they squander on my fingers.
I had not asked for such a blood sisterhood; they must love me.”
—Sylvia Plath (1932–1963)