It's Art If I Say So

Marcel Duchamp
(28 July 1887 – 2 October 1968)

“It’s Art If I Say So”

“While all artists are not chess players, all chess players are artists.”

“The creative act is not performed by the artist alone; 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.”

Some sources to learn about Marcel Duchamp:

• Wikipedia Entry
• Marcel Duchamp in 60 seconds on Youtube
• How to see “Readymades” with MoMA curator Ann Temkin