Top 10 most inspiring quotes by Marcel Duchamp
- I force myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own taste.
- Tradition is the great misleader because it’s too easy to follow what has already been done – even though you may think you’re giving it a kick. I was really trying to invent, instead of merely expressing myself.
- I am against the word ‘anti’ because it’s a little bit like ‘atheist,’ as compared to ‘believer.’ And an atheist is just as much of a religious man as the believer is.
- Words are the tools of ‘to be’ – of expression. They are completely built on the fact that you ‘are,’ and in order to express it, you have built a little alphabet, and you make your words from it.
- 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.
- It is a matter of great indifference to me what criticism is printed in the papers and the magazines. I am simply working out my own ideas in my own way.
- Humor and laughter – not necessarily derogatory derision – are my pet tools. This may come from my general philosophy of never taking the world too seriously – for fear of dying of boredom.
- 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.’
- One must pass through the network of influence. One is obligated to be influenced, and one accepts this influence very naturally. From the start, one doesn’t realize this. The first thing to know: one doesn’t realize one is influenced. One thinks he is already liberated, and one is far from it!
- What art is, in reality, is this missing link, not the links which exist. It’s not what you see that is art; art is the gap.
Marcel Duchamp was a French-American artist and one of the most influential figures in 20th-century art. He was born on July 28, 1887, in Blainville-Crevon, France, and died on October 2, 1968, in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.
Duchamp’s early works were influenced by the avant-garde movements of his time, such as Fauvism and Cubism. He is best known for his concept of “readymades,” everyday objects that he selected and presented as art. Perhaps his most famous readymade is a porcelain urinal that he signed “R. Mutt” and titled “Fountain,” which caused a scandal when it was submitted to an art exhibition in 1917.
Duchamp’s ideas and works had a profound impact on the development of modern and contemporary art, and he is considered a key figure in the development of conceptual art. He also had a major influence on the Dada movement, which sought to challenge traditional notions of art and society.
Throughout his career, Duchamp produced a wide range of works, including paintings, sculptures, and installations. He was also an avid chess player and even gave up art for a period to focus on his chess career.
Today, Duchamp’s works are held in many of the world’s major art museums, and his influence can be seen in the work of countless artists who followed in his footsteps.
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