marcus

ALBERT: Nightly killer of light, applied to systems or bodies which alter postures under various stages of darkness. Flattened versions exist only in the water or grass. They may not rise until light is poured upon them. (Ben Marcus, The Age of Wire and String, p. 13)

marcus

...the outer gaze alters the inner thing, that by looking at an object we destroy it with out desire, that for accurate vision to occur the thing must be trained to see itself, or otherwise perish in blindness, flawed. (Ben Marcus, The Age of Wire and String, pp. 3-4)

schwitters

Letters, of course, give only a rather incomplete score of the spoken sonata. As with any printed music, many interpretations are possible. As with any other reading, correct reading requires the use of imagination. The reader himself has to work seriously to become a genuine reader. Thus, it is work rather than questions or mindless criticism which will improve the reader’s receptive capacities. The right of criticism is reserved to those who have achieved a full understanding. Listening to the sonata is better than reading it. This is why I like to perform my sonata in public. But since it is not possible to give performances everywhere, I intend to make a gramophone recording of the sonata... (Kurt Schwitters “Signs in my Ursonate,” printed in the insert to Ursonate: Original Performance by Kurt Schwitters, 1994)