"This is farce, not Sunday School," Ludlam once wrote in an artistic manifesto, and time has not dimmed the subversiveness of his humor.

He also published an artistic manifesto, L'Esprit nouveau et les poètes.

And what's with all the artistic manifestos?

The festival, which ended on Monday after a weeklong run on this arid strip of desert some 120 miles north of Reno, has an artistic manifesto of "radical self-expression."

More than a list of foods, it's a glimpse into the chef's mind, an artistic manifesto, a claim to originality and in some cases, a display of personal expression run amok.

"So just who is going to write this artistic manifesto?"

Laura Jo McCullough wrote: "The Wanderer is, in a sense, Veltman's artistic manifesto and reflects his debt to both Sterne and Jean Paul."

Its artistic manifesto was influenced by the mainly proletarian Warsaw neighbourhood of Powiśle in which is was established.

The "no compromise" slogan came from the statement of program, really more of an artistic manifesto, with which the reconstituted group launched itself.

Der Blaue Reiter lacked a central artistic manifesto, but was centered around Kandinsky and Marc.