I was highly attracted to chess for forty or forty-five years; then, little by little, my enthusiasm lessened. Marcel Duchamp attractchessenthusiasm Change image and share on social
I haven't been in the Louvre for twenty years. It doesn't interest me because I have these doubts about the value of the judgments which decided that all these pictures should be presented to the Louvre instead of others which weren't even considered. Marcel Duchamp considerdecidedoubt 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
All painting, beginning with Impressionism, is antiscientific, even Seurat. I was interested in introducing the precise and exact aspect of science, which hadn't often been done, or at least hadn't been talked about very much. Marcel Duchamp antiscientificaspectbegin share on social
In the 'Nude Descending a Staircase,' I wanted to create a static image of movement: movement is an abstraction, a deduction articulated within the painting, without our knowing if a real person is or isn't descending an equally real staircase. Marcel Duchamp abstractionarticulatecreate share on social
Everything important that I have done can be put into a little suitcase. Marcel Duchamp importantputsuitcase Change image and share on social
When cubism began to take a social form, Metzinger was especially talked about. He explained cubism, while Picasso never explained anything. It took a few years to see that not talking was better than talking too much. Marcel Duchamp begincubismexplain share on social
Painting is a language of its own. You cannot interpret one form of expression with another form of expression. Marcel Duchamp expressionforminterpret Change image and share on social
I am interested in ideas, not merely in visual products. Marcel Duchamp ideainterestproduct Change image and share on social
I happen to have been born a Cartesian. The French education is based on a sequence of strict logic. You carry it with you. Marcel Duchamp basebearcarry Change image and share on social