An abstract painting need in 50 years by no means look "abstract" any longer.
Marcel DuchampRead
I was interested in ideas, not merely visual products. I wanted to put painting once again at the service of the mind.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Duchamp emphasizes the importance of ideas in art over mere visual aesthetics.
In this quote, Marcel Duchamp expresses his belief that art should transcend mere visual appeal and instead engage with intellectual concepts. He advocates for a form of painting that serves not just as a decorative element, but as a medium for stimulating thought and provoking ideas, highlighting the significance of the mind's engagement with art.
Themes
ArtIdeasCreativityMindPainting
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be used in an art class to encourage students to focus on the conceptual aspects of their work.
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All quotes βAll 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.
Marcel DuchampRead
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 DuchampRead
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.
Marcel DuchampRead
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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