Marcel Duchamp Quotes

I refused to accept anything, doubted everything. So, doubting everything, I had to find something that had not existed before, something I had not thought of before. Any idea that came to me, the thing would be to turn it around and try to see it with another set of senses.

Marcel Duchamp

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: July 28, 1887 - October 2, 1968

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When I was 17, I was at La Coupole brasserie, and Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir asked me to join them at their table. They were fascinated that I'd watched their programme on existentialism back home and wanted to understand nothingness and being.

Jerry Hall

HomeMeBackTableUnderstandBeing

My life is not just about the past.

Jeannette Walls

LifePastMy LifeJustAbout

I tell people all the time, men don't talk to me. Even before I was a household name or whatever, when I went to clubs, people were scared to come to me because of the way I looked.

Stefflon Don

TimeMenPeopleMeNameWay

I don't think I would ever have plastic surgery; there isn't anything I'd want to change.

Sonia Rykiel

ChangeThinkWantPlasticAnything

I honestly believe that we are Arizonans and Americans first, not merely advocates for our respective political parties.

Doug Ducey

BelievePoliticalFirstOurParties

One moves more slowly in heels. Walking fast is neither sexy nor engaging. Nobody notices the people who race around. If you're walking in heels, you've got time. It's much more attractive.

Christian Louboutin

TimePeopleSexyWalkingYouFast

When I was a kid, I wanted to be serious, like Daniel Day-Lewis. No one really dreams of being a comic actor, do they? Now I realise how stupid that is - and it's because comic acting isn't taken seriously enough. It's a discipline. You know instantly - either you're funny and getting the laughs, or you're not.

Chris O'Dowd

FunnyDreamsDisciplineStupidYou

I always wanted to play a mental patient. I was fascinated with playing crazy people in college, and I don't know if I ever quite perfected it.

Alison Brie

PeopleCollegeCrazyPlayKnow

You often hear this about directors, how it's like having the best set of toys. This fabulous train set, the biggest box of toys that a kid could possibly have. The best directors look like a kid having more fun than you're supposed to have.

William Sadler

BestFunYouLookTrainFabulous

I do not want to impose additional taxes on the employers at a time when our economy is very fragile and we want to encourage them to hire.

Susan Collins

TimeWantEconomyTaxesFragileOur

My brain, I believe, is the most beautiful part of my body.

Shakira

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If I want to detox, I'll do the juicing thing for sure. I'll have two juices and then a solid meal for either dinner or lunch.

Nina Agdal

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