Marcel Duchamp Quotes

Why are all the artists so dead-set on distorting? It seems to be a reaction against photography, but I'm not sure.

Marcel Duchamp

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PhotographyWhyReactionAgainst

World War II brought the Greatest Generation together. Vietnam tore the Baby Boomers apart.

Jim Webb

TogetherWarBabyWorldGeneration

It gets so boring you know just to do the same thing over and over again.

Jennifer Aniston

YouKnowBoringSameOverJust

I like Biggie. Like 'Pac, he was one of the best rappers in the business. Why would I try to do something to him?

Suge Knight

BusinessBestWhyTryHimSomething

When we asked people if they would rather have a best friend at work or a 10% pay raise, having a friend clearly won.

Tom Rath

WorkFriendBestPeopleBest Friend

'Little Night' has layers of meaning. There's something enchanted about night. All those heavenly bodies, shooting stars, the crescent moon, celestial phenomenon. Owls fly at night, and first kisses happen. Night is romantic. Alternately, darkness hides the worst of human behavior.

Luanne Rice

StarsRomanticDarknessMoonFly

Those who create are rare; those who cannot are numerous. Therefore, the latter are stronger.

Coco Chanel

StrongerCreateRareCannotWho

If you really want to be an artist, you search yourself, and you find a lot of it comes from earlier times. I have pretty much built the work around my experiences. When I've moved from one place to another, the work has changed.

Claes Oldenburg

WorkYourselfSearchYouArtist

Wrestling is in my blood.

Bobby Lashley

BloodWrestling

Every time I try to retire, or even think of retiring from acting, my agent comes up with a script.

Anthony Hopkins

TimeThinkActingTryUpRetire

I know, if I would have won 'X-Factor' and if I would have continued in that lane, I would have spiraled out of control. Performing on there was good, but it wasn't me. It was me compromising for the judges, just different people around.

Astro

GoodPeopleMeControlKnowJudges

Luck is everything... My good luck in life was to be a really frightened person. I'm fortunate to be a coward, to have a low threshold of fear, because a hero couldn't make a good suspense film.

Alfred Hitchcock

LifeGoodFearHeroLuckGood Luck

I'd followed the strange deaths of pro football players for years, sensing something odd going on.

Peter Landesman

FootballStrangeYearsGoingOdd

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