Living is more a question of what one spends than what one makes. Marcel Duchamp livemakequestion Change image and share on social
You have to approach something with indifference, as if you had no aesthetic emotion. The choice of readymades is always based on visual indifference and, at the same time, on the total absence of good or bad taste. Marcel Duchamp absenceaestheticapproach share on social
Since Courbet, it's been believed that painting is addressed to the retina. That was everyone's error. The retinal shudder! Before, painting had other functions: it could be religious, philosophical, moral... our whole century is completely retinal, except for the Surrealists, who tried to go outside it somewhat. Marcel Duchamp addressbelievecentury share on social
The individual - man as a man, man as a brain, if you like - interests me more than what he makes because I've noticed that most artists only repeat themselves. Marcel Duchamp artistbrainhave Change image and share on social
The curious thing about the Ready-Made is that I've never been able to arrive at a definition or explanation that fully satisfies me. There's still magic in the idea, so I'd rather keep it that way than try to be exoteric about it. Marcel Duchamp arrivecuriousdefinition share on social
Since the tubes of paint used by the artist are manufactured and ready-made products, we must conclude that all the paintings in the world are 'ready-mades aided' and also works of assemblage. Marcel Duchamp aidartistassemblage Change image and share on social
I couldn't go into the haphazard drawing or the paintings, the splashing of paint. I wanted to go back to a completely dry drawing, a dry conception of art. Marcel Duchamp artbackcompletely Change image and share on social
I am afraid to end up being in need to sell canvases - in other words, to be a society painter. Marcel Duchamp afraidcanvasend Change image and share on social
The danger is in pleasing an immediate public: the immediate public that comes around you and takes you in and accepts you and gives you success and everything. Instead of that, you should wait for fifty years or a hundred years for your true public. That is the only public that interests me. Marcel Duchamp acceptdangerfifty share on social
A game of chess is a visual and plastic thing, and if it isn't geometric in the static sense of the word, it is mechanical, since it moves. It's a drawing; it's a mechanical reality. Marcel Duchamp chessdrawgame Change image and share on social