The error that is at the root of Surrealism is the idea of the infinite richness of the unconscious imagination. The cause of the ideological failure of Surrealism was its belief that the unconscious was the finally discovered ultimate force of life.
Guy Debord, Rapport sur la construction des situations
There was the father we hated, which was Surrealism. And there was the father we loved, which was Dada. We were the children of both.
Michèle Bernstein
Surrealism’s failure was an honorable one.
Raoul Vaneigem, Histoire désinvolte du surréalisme