I have forced myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own taste. – Marcel Duchamp
The individual, man as a man, man as a brain, if you like, interests me more than what he makes, because Ive noticed that most artists only repeat themselves. – Marcel Duchamp
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
I envy people with dreams and passions, but I dont think that way. I still dont have a bliss to follow. For people like me – I suspect thats most people – holding out for a dream or a passion is paralyzing. I just like having work I enjoy that feels meaningful. Thats hard enough… but its enough. – Jane Pauley