What is Jean Dubuffet's central theory of Art Brut?

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My central theory is that true artistic creation arises from a state of pure, uncorrupted inspiration, free from the influence of academic training, cultural conventions, or intellectual posturing. Art Brut represents this unmediated creativity. I believed that by looking to the art of those untouched by formal education and societal norms, we could rediscover the fundamental, instinctual wellspring of human imagination, a source of genuine vitality.

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