The air around us is too still, as mediocrity and vulgarity continue to envelop us. Countless morons are wriggling around and countless shallow minds are crying out.
Where are the creative talents of the past? Where are the glories of our history? Impotence and sickness are what prevail throughout the entire artistic community today.
No longer can we remain content in such a compromised environment.
No longer can we allow it to breathe feebly until it dies.
Let us rise up! With our raging passion and iron intellect, we will create a world interwoven with color, line and form!
We acknowledge that painting is by no means an imitation of nature, nor a rigid replication of the human body. We will represent nakedly our bold and daring spirit with our entire being.
We believe that painting is by no means the slave of religion, nor a mere illustration of literature. We will freely and cohesively construct a world of pure shapes.
We detest all the old forms and colors, as well as all the mediocre and rudimentary techniques. We will represent the spirit of a new era with new techniques.
Since the beginning of the 20th century, a new atmosphere has emerged in the European artistic community, comprised of the outcries of the Fauvists, the twists of the Cubists, the vehemence of the Dadaists and the cravings of the Surrealists……
It is time for a new atmosphere to emerge throughout the 20th-century artistic community of China.
Let us rise up! With our raging passion and iron intellect, we will create a world interwoven with color, line and form!
Art Trimonthly (Volume 1, Issue 5), October 1932