Chess players are madmen of a certain quality, the way the artist is supposed to be, and isn't, in general.
Marcel DuchampIn my day artists wanted to be outcasts, pariahs. Now they are all integrated into society
Marcel DuchampMy art would be that of living: each moment, each breath is a work inscribed nowhere.
Marcel DuchampSociety takes what it wants. The artist himself does not count, because there is no actual existence for the work of art. The work of art is always based on the two poles of the onlooker and the maker, and the spark that comes from the bipolar action gives birth to something - like electricity. But the onlooker has the last word, and it is always posterity that makes the masterpiece. The artist should not concern himself with this, because it has nothing to do with him.
Marcel Duchamp