Since I found that one could make a case shadow from a three-dimensional thing, any object whatsoever - just as the projecting of the sun on the earth makes two dimensions - I thought that by simple intellectual analogy, the fourth dimension could project an object of three dimensions, or, to put it another way, any three-dimensional object, which we see dispassionately, is a projection of something four-dimensional, something we are not familiar with.
Marcel DuchampIt's true, of course, humor is very important in my life, as you know. That's the only reason for living, in fact.
Marcel DuchampI have drawn people's attention to the fact that art is a mirage. A mirage, just like the oasis that appears in the desert. It is very beautiful, until the moment when you die of thirst, obviously. But we do not die of thirst in the field of art. The mirage has substance.
Marcel DuchampThe artist performs only one part of the creative process. The onlooker completes it, and it is the onlooker who has the last word.
Marcel Duchamp