Quote by Marcel Duchamp
I have forced myself to contradict myself in order to avoid confor

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

Other quotes by 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

Category:
Individuality
Read Quote

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

Category:
Beauty
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Contradiction
category

All concords born of contraries. – Ben Jonson

Category:
Contradiction

I happen to feel that the degree of a persons intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting attitudes she can bring to bear on the same topic. – Lisa Alther

Category:
Contradiction

The well-bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves. – Oscar Wilde

Category:
Contradiction

People who honestly mean to be true really contradict themselves much more rarely than those who try to be consistent. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

Category:
Contradiction

Random Quotes

For much of this decade, both Congressional and administration budget projections showed a decline in science and technology accounts of between 20 and 30 percent in real dollars. The real impact to date has been far less severe. – Charles Vest

Category:
Technology

The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy. – John F. Kennedy

Category:
Presidents Day

Joe E. Lewis said, Money doesnt buy happiness but it calms the nerves. And that is how I feel about a film being well-received. – Alexander Payne

Category:
Happiness

I used to think no one should go into show biz, but now I feel differently. I now feel like its a great career. If you can do it and make money at it and still not be so famous that you can have a normal life – then I think its a great career. – Julia Sweeney

Category:
famous