Quotes by Duchamp, Marcel

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

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

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

Quotations about Creativity

The power in which we must have faith if we would be well, is the crea >>

It's like driving a car at night. You never see further than your head >>

Serious people have few ideas. People with ideas are never serious. >>

All in all, the creative act is not performed by the artist alone; the spectator brings the work in contact with the external world by deciphering and interpreting its inner qualifications and thus adds his contribution to the creative act. This becomes even more obvious when posterity gives its final verdict and sometimes rehabilitates forgotten artists.

Duchamp, Marcel