In the Manifesto of Surrealism , Breton argued for the liberation of the mind through the "omnipotence of dreams" and the disinterested play of thought.
: Heavily influenced by Sigmund Freud , Surrealists used dreams and free association to bypass rational censorship and access raw emotional truth. The Omnipotence of Dreams
The phrase "The Omnipotence of Dreams" is a cornerstone of , a cultural and intellectual movement founded by André Breton in 1924 . The concept suggests that the dream state is not a secondary or "lesser" reality, but a powerful, absolute state of existence—a "surreality"—where the conscious and subconscious minds resolve their contradictions. The Surrealist Origin In the Manifesto of Surrealism , Breton argued