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Quote by Marcel Duchamp
I dont believe in art. I believe in artists. - Marcel Duchamp

I dont believe in art. I believe in artists. – Marcel Duchamp

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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. – Marcel Duchamp

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Chess
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Marcel Duchamp
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I am still a victim of chess. It has all the beauty of art – and much more. It cannot be commercialized. Chess is much purer than art in its social position. – Marcel Duchamp

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Beauty
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