(via Wiki) Two Surrealist Manifestos were issued by the Surrealist movement, in 1924 and 1929, respectively. The first Surrealist manifesto was written by the French writer André Breton in 1924 and released to the public 1925.
The document defines Surrealism as:
Psychic automatism in its pure state, by which one proposes to express -- verbally, by means of the written word, or in any other manner -- the actual functioning of thought. Dictated by the thought, in the absence of any control exercised by reason, exempt from any aesthetic or moral concern.
The second manifesto written in 1929 Breton asked Surrealists to assess their 'degree of moral competence', and along with other theoretical refinements issued the Second manifeste du surréalisme.
Useful links:
http://www.screensite.org/courses/Jbutler/T340/SurManifesto/ManifestoOfSurrealism.htm
http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,,2281350,00.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrealist_Manifesto
After intense bidding war @ Sotheby's Paris auction house, the nine manuscripts were eventually acquired by Gérard Lhéritier, a noted collector and the founder of the Museum of Letters and Manuscripts in Paris, for a total of €3.6m (£2.9m).
www.sothebys.com
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