The approval of the public is to be avoided like the plague. It is absolutely essential to keep the public from entering if one wishes to avoid confusion. I must add that the public must be kept panting in expectation . . .
Source: Second Manifesto of Surrealism (1930; repr. in Manifestos of Surrealism, 1969).
-- Andre Breton, (Feb 18 1896-1966), French poet, essayist, critic, editor; He was the chief promoter and one of the founders of the Surrealist movement.