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	Search:: Artists Alphabetically   Symbolism   50 Greatest Paintings   Art Movements     Marcel Duchamp 1887- 1968 Avant-garde French Dadaist and Surrealist Artist Artistically Influenced by the Following Painters and Art Movements: Symbolism, Post-Impressionism, Fauvism, Cubism, Surrealism, Cézanne, Fernand Léger, Juan Gris and Odilon Redon Education - Académie Julian, Paris, France One of the Greatest Painters Of All Time Marcel Duchamp Quotes The individual, man as a man, man as a brain, if you like, interests me more than what he makes, because I've noticed that most artists only repeat themselves. -- Marcel Duchamp God is Man's stupidest idea. --Marcel Duchamp I have forced myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own taste. -- Marcel Duchamp 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 Duchamp You see, I don't want to be pinned down to any position. My position is the lack of a position.-- Marcel Duchamp I don't believe in art. I believe in artists. Marcel Duchamp The spectator brings the work in contact with the external world by deciphering and interpreting its inner qualifications and thus adds his contribution to the creative act. -- Marcel Duchamp Art is a habit-forming drug. That's all it is for the artist, for the collector, for anybody connected with it. -- Marcel Duchamp Unless a picture shocks, it is nothing. -- Marcel Duchamp The chess pieces are the block alphabet which shapes thoughts; and these thoughts, although making a visual design on the chess-board, express their beauty abstractly, like a poem... I have come to the personal conclusion that while all artists are not chess players, all chess players are artists. -- Marcel Duchamp Key Descriptive Words  and Phrases associated with Expressionst Painting -   Germany, early 20th century, emotional effects, emotional experience, avant-garde, emotional angst, Herwarth Walden, Der Sturm, graphic art, Die Brücke, Der Blaue Reiter, Friedrich Nietzsche, psychological depths, symbolic colors, exaggerated imagery, human psyche, exaggeration, primitivism, jarring colors, self-expression, expression intensity, printmaking, psychological,emotional themes, existential anguish, industrial modern age, individual genius, sense of movement, energy ☼☼☼☼☼ Search for Artists by Century Important Painters Born in the 13th Century Important Painters Born in the 14th Century Important Painters Born in the 15th Century Important Painters Born in the 16th Century Important Painters Born in the 17th Century Important Painters Born in the 18th Century Important Painters Born in the 19th Century ☼☼☼☼☼ Require more facts and information about Marcel Duchamp? Search Here Links Symbolism If you feel you have worthwhile information you would like to contribute we would love to hear from you. We collect essential biographical information and artist quotes from folks all over the globe and appreciate your participation. When submitting please, if possible, site the source and provide English translation.  Please submit your comment to the editor, via e-mail and if possible site the source. Thank you! millardmulch@gmail.com © HistoryofPainters.com If you like this page and wish to share it, you are welcome to link to it, with our thanks. copyright 20003 - historyofpainters.com