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I realized very soon the danger of repeating indiscriminately this form of expression and decided to limit the production of 'ready-mades' to a small number yearly. I was aware at that time, that for the spectator even more than for the artist, art is a habit forming drug and I wanted to protect my 'ready-mades' against such contamination.

Marcel Duchamp

I wanted to kill art for myself.... a new thought for that object.

Marcel Duchamp

In French there is an old expression, la patte, meaning the artist's touch, his personal style, his 'paw'. I wanted to get away from la patte and all that retinal painting.

Marcel Duchamp

Well, this man [the T. V. interviewer of Jasper Johns,] wanted to know why I stopped painting [the so-called famous 'Silence of Duchamp'].... and he had said [it was] because of dealers and money and various reasons. Largely moralistic reasons.... But you know; it wasn't like that. It's like you break a leg; you don't mean to do it.

Marcel Duchamp

I wanted to get away from the physical act of painting... For me the title ['Fresh Widow'], was very important... I was interested in ideas – not merely visual products. I wanted to put painting once again at the service of the mind.

Marcel Duchamp