Marcel Duchamp Quotes

Distortion came first from the fauves, who, in turn, were under the strong influence of primitive art.

Marcel Duchamp

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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Everything I see, I now see through a mother's eyes.

Jennifer Hudson

MotherEyesNowEverythingSee

Mel Gibson would not be a good James Bond.

Sophie Marceau

GoodBondWouldJames BondJames

I never liked mellow sounding guitar.

Tom Verlaine

GuitarNeverMellowLiked

The pretty fellows you speak of, I own entertain me sometimes, but is it impossible to be diverted with what one despises? I can laugh at a puppet show, at the same time I know there is nothing in it worth my attention or regard.

Mary Wortley Montagu

TimeMeImpossibleSpeakLaughYou

There are metaphysical problems, problems of human existence, that philosophy has never known how to grasp in all their concreteness and that only the novel can seize.

Milan Kundera

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The idea of the mask in any scenario has always fascinated me. Not only does it protect identity, it also allows one to hide.

Jason Reynolds

IdentityMeMaskHideProtectIdea

Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is the holy of holies of Jewish time. It is that rarest of phenomena, a Jewish festival without food. Instead it is a day of fasting and prayer, introspection and self-judgment when, collectively and repeatedly, we confess our sins and pray to be written into God's Book of Life.

Jonathan Sacks

LifeGodTimeFoodDayPrayer

It's hard to bury your head in Los Angeles. People come up to you and say, 'Hey, I saw your picture on a bus.' It's tricky: You're excited by the possibilities, but you don't want to get too crazy.

Chelsea Peretti

PeopleCrazyPicturePossibilities

I've been very hands-on with everything I've done since I had my children. And it's just really important for me to understand the big picture, where everybody's coming from, what's the real purpose of this shoot and this song, or whatever it is in that moment that I'm doing.

Britney Spears

ChildrenMomentPurposeMeSong

My trouble is I talk first and think later.

Brittany Murphy

ThinkTroubleTalkFirstLater

I have two children. I have a Down syndrome child whom I love very much, and my wife that I love.

Sebastiao Salgado

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Being a mom, it's up and down; it's a little bit of a rollercoaster.

Tiffani Thiessen

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