Marcel Duchamp

French-American · 1887–1968

Conceptual artist who challenged the very definition of art through readymades like Fountain, profoundly influencing Dada, Surrealism, and contemporary art.

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“I have forced myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own taste.”

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“The creative act is not performed by the artist alone; the spectator brings the work in contact with the external world.”

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