Another important point which you so very accurately sensed concerns the idea that the glass in actual fact is not meant to be looked at (with 'aesthetic' eyes). It should be accompanied by a 'literary' text, as amorphous as possible, which never took shape. And the two elements, glass for the eyes, text for the ears and understanding, should complement each other and above all prevent one or the other from taking on an aesthetic-plastic or literary form. All in all, I am hugely indebted to you for having stripped bare my Bride stripped bare.


In: a letter to Jean Suquet (art historian), New York 25 December 1949; as quoted in The Duchamp Book, ed. Gavin Parkinson, Tate Publishing, London 2008 p. 163

Marcel Duchamp Quotes

Another important point which you so very accurately sensed concerns the idea that the glass in actual fact is not meant to be looked at (with...

Another important point which you so very accurately sensed concerns the idea that the glass in actual fact is not meant to be looked at (with...

Another important point which you so very accurately sensed concerns the idea that the glass in actual fact is not meant to be looked at (with...

Another important point which you so very accurately sensed concerns the idea that the glass in actual fact is not meant to be looked at (with...