Quotes by Duchamp, Marcel

I have forced myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming >>

The individual, man as a man, man as a brain, if you like, interests m >>

All in all, the creative act is not performed by the artist alone; the >>

Quotations about Chess

The chess pieces are the block alphabet which shapes thoughts; and the >>

Life's too short for chess. >>

I am still a victim of chess. It has all the beauty of art -- and much >>

The chess pieces are the block alphabet which shapes thoughts; and these thoughts, although making a visual design on the chess-board, express their beauty abstractly, like a poem... I have come to the personal conclusion that while all artists are not chess players, all chess players are artists.

Duchamp, Marcel