The individual, man as a man, man as a brain, if you like, interests me more than what he makes, because I've noticed that most artists only repeat themselves.

Quote by Marcel Duchamp

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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.

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 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 -...

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

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

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

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

I am interested in ideas, not merely in visual products

I am interested in ideas, not merely in visual products

A man's home is his castle, and his wife is the janitor

A man's home is his castle, and his wife is the janitor

The American people are going to be ready for an era of realism. Theyve seen...

The American people are going to be ready for an era of realism. Theyve seen...

I never saw a contradiction between the ideas that sustain me and the ideas of...

I never saw a contradiction between the ideas that sustain me and the ideas of...

I began to have an idea of my life, not as slow shaping of achievement...

I began to have an idea of my life, not as slow shaping of achievement...

To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would...

To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would...

In art, one idea is as good as another. If one takes the idea of...

In art, one idea is as good as another. If one takes the idea of...

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is...

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is...

If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought.

If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought.

A publication depends on a great idea, not there being a market out there. You...

A publication depends on a great idea, not there being a market out there. You...

If you do not express your own original ideas, if you do not listen to...

If you do not express your own original ideas, if you do not listen to...

A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves.

A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves.

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is...

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is...

He is the greatest artist who has embodied, in the sum of his works, the...

He is the greatest artist who has embodied, in the sum of his works, the...