Gravity is not controlled physically in us by one of the 5 ordinary senses. We always reduce a gravity experience to an autocognizance, real or imagined, registered inside us in the region of the stomach. Marcel Duchamp autocognizancecontrolexperience share on social
My position is the lack of a position, but, of course, you can't even talk about it; the minute you talk, you spoil the whole game. Marcel Duchamp gamelackminute Change image and share on social
The basis for my own work during the years just before coming to America in 1915 was a desire to break up forms - to 'decompose' them much along the lines the cubists had done. But I wanted to go further - much further - in fact, in quite another direction altogether. Marcel Duchamp altogetheramericabasis share on social
Dada was an extreme protest against the physical side of painting. It was a metaphysical attitude. Marcel Duchamp attitudedadaextreme Change image and share on social
The entire world of art has reached such a low level, it has been commercialized to such a degree that art and everything related to it has become one of the most trivial activities of our epoch. Marcel Duchamp activityartcommercialize Change image and share on social
In the beginning, the cubists broke up form without even knowing they were doing it. Probably the compulsion to show multiple sides of an object forced us to break the object up - or, even better, to project a panorama that unfolded different facets of the same object. Marcel Duchamp beginbreakcompulsion share on social
It is curious to note how fragile the memory is, even for the important times in one's life. This is, moreover, what explains the fortunate fantasy of history. Marcel Duchamp curiousexplainfantasy Change image and share on social
I was never interested in looking at myself in an aesthetic mirror. My intention was always to get away from myself, though I knew perfectly well that I was using myself. Call it a little game between 'I' and 'me.' Marcel Duchamp aestheticcallgame share on social
Chess can be described as the movement of pieces eating one another. Marcel Duchamp chesseatmovement Change image and 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