Alchemy is a kind of philosophy: a kind of thinking that leads to a way of understanding. Marcel Duchamp alchemykindlead Change image and share on social
I have forced myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own taste. Marcel Duchamp avoidconformcontradict Change image and share on social
Words such as truth, art, veracity, or anything are stupid in themselves. Marcel Duchamp artstupidtruth 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
I became a librarian at the Sainte-Genevieve Library in Paris. I made this gesture to rid myself of a certain milieu, a certain attitude, to have a clean conscience, but also to make a living. I was twenty-five. I had been told that one must make a living, and I believed it. Marcel Duchamp attitudebelieveclean share on social
I wanted to use my possibility to be an individual, and I suppose I have, no? Marcel Duchamp individualpossibilitysuppose Change image and share on social
I'm nothing else but an artist, I'm sure, and delighted to be. Marcel Duchamp artistdelight Change image and share on social
Painter after painter, since the beginning of the century, has tended toward abstraction. First, the Impressionists simplified the landscape in terms of color, and then the Fauves simplified it again by adding distortion, which, for some reason, is a characteristic of our century. Marcel Duchamp abstractionaddbegin 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
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
