Marcel Duchamp

The public is always wrong.

I don’t care about the ‘isms.’ I don’t care about anything. I just want to live.

I was happy when I was poor. I was happier than now.

My ambition is to be forgotten.

The bachelor machine is a joke.

I consider myself a professional chess player, not an artist.

I like the idea of being able to disappear without leaving a trace.

My favorite work of art is my life.

The only value of art is to make people think.

I believe in the artist as a medium.

I was always against the idea of making art for art's sake.

The more I live, the more I realize that the only thing that matters is to be free.

I don't think art is important at all.

The great art of tomorrow will be the art of not making art.

I believe in the disappearance of the artist.

I have never wanted to be a leader. I have always wanted to be a follower.

The only way to be truly free is to be indifferent.

I don't think there's any such thing as a masterpiece.

I prefer living to working.

The only thing I care about is my freedom.