An abstract painting need in 50 years by no means look "abstract" any longer.
Marcel DuchampRead
What art is, in reality, is this missing link, not the links which exist. It's not what you see that is art; art is the gap.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Art is not just what is visible; it represents the unseen connections and meanings.
Marcel Duchamp’s quote suggests that the essence of art lies not in superficial appearances but in the deeper meanings and emotions that art can evoke. It emphasizes the idea that art fills a void, offering insights and connections that are not immediately apparent to the observer. Rather than just presenting what is visible, art invites us to explore the intangible and the unexpressed.
Themes
ArtCreativityMeaningExpressionConnections
In practice
Example use cases
In a gallery discussion, one might say, 'As Duchamp suggested, the beauty of this painting lies in what it doesn’t show, inviting viewers to engage with their own imagination.'
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All quotes →All this twaddle, the existence of God, atheism, determinism, liberation, societies, death, etc., are pieces of a chess game called language, and they are amusing only if one does not preoccupy oneself with 'winning or losing this game of chess.
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I never finished the 'Large Glass' because, after working on it for eight years, I probably got interested in something else; also, I was tired. It may be that, subconsciously, I never intended to finish it because the word 'finish' implies an acceptance of traditional methods and all the paraphernalia that accompany them.
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It's a product of two poles - there's the pole of the one who makes the work, and the pole of the one who looks at it. I give the latter as much importance as the one who makes it.
Marcel DuchampRead
I became a librarian at the Sainte-Genevieve Library in Paris. I made this gesture to rid myself of a certain milieu, a certain attitude, to have a clean conscience, but also to make a living. I was twenty-five. I had been told that one must make a living, and I believed it.
Marcel DuchampRead
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