I have forced myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own taste.

Quote by Marcel Duchamp

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

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

I don't believe in art. I believe in artists.

I don't believe in art. I believe in artists.

I am interested in ideas, not merely in visual products.

I am interested in ideas, not merely in visual products.

The individual, man as a man, man as a brain, if you like, interests me...

The individual, man as a man, man as a brain, if you like, interests me...

Chess can be described as the movement of pieces eating one another.

Chess can be described as the movement of pieces eating one another.

Living is more a question of what one spends than what one makes.

Living is more a question of what one spends than what one makes.

I am interested in ideas, not merely in visual products

I am interested in ideas, not merely in visual products

An individual who forces himself to accept this or that idea, or who pretends to...

An individual who forces himself to accept this or that idea, or who pretends to...

Nothing is more dangerous than an idea when it is the only one you have.

Nothing is more dangerous than an idea when it is the only one you have.

An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain...

An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain...

My ideas usually come not at my desk writing but in the midst of living.

My ideas usually come not at my desk writing but in the midst of living.

When we put down ideas of what life should be like, we are free to...

When we put down ideas of what life should be like, we are free to...

Painting is a nail to which I fasten my ideas.

Painting is a nail to which I fasten my ideas.

Nothing is more dangerous than an idea, when it's the only one you have

Nothing is more dangerous than an idea, when it's the only one you have

If you are seeking creative ideas, go out walking. Angels whisper to a man when...

If you are seeking creative ideas, go out walking. Angels whisper to a man when...

We believed in our idea - a family park where parents and children could have...

We believed in our idea - a family park where parents and children could have...

A culture is made -- or destroyed -- by its articulate voices.

A culture is made -- or destroyed -- by its articulate voices.

I believe in human dignity as the source of national purpose, human liberty as the...

I believe in human dignity as the source of national purpose, human liberty as the...

Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a...

Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a...

A young man must let his ideas grow, not be continually rooting them up to...

A young man must let his ideas grow, not be continually rooting them up to...