"Chess is a sport. A violent sport." — Marcel Duchamp

"Chess is a sport. A violent sport."

— Marcel Duchamp

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56 Quotes by Marcel Duchamp

Marcel Duchamp has 56 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

The life of an artist is like the life of a monk, a lewd monk if you like, very Rabelaisian.…
All decisions in the artistic execution of the work rest with pure intuition and cannot be translated into a self-analysis.
Art has the lovely habit of ruining all artistic theories.
Not all artists are Chess players, but all Chess players are artists
The Chess pieces are the block alphabet which shapes thoughts; and these thoughts, although making a visual design on the…
As soon as we start putting our thoughts into words and sentences everything gets distorted, language is just no damn…
It's true, of course, humor is very important in my life, as you know. That's the only reason for living,…
To all appearances, the artist acts like a mediumistic being who, from the labyrinth beyond time and space, seeks his…
Since the tubes of paint used by the artist are manufactured and ready made products we must conclude that all…
I don’t care about the word ‘art’ because it has been so discredited. So I want to get rid of…
I've decided that art is a habit-forming drug. That's all it is, for the artist, for the collector, for anybody…
Three or four drops of height have nothing to do with savageness.

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More Chess Quotes

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I was a terrible father. The most I ever did for my children was to teach them chess. At least… — David Bailey
My problem with chess was that all my pieces wanted to end the game as soon as possible. — Dave Barry
These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess. — Kobe Bryant
A lot of people think international relations is like a game of chess. But it's not a game of chess,… — Madeleine Albright
Chess first of all teaches you to be objective. — Alexander Alekhine
I believe that true beauty of chess is more than enough to satisfy all possible demands. — Alexander Alekhine
I look at improvising as a prolonged game of chess. There's an opening gambit with your pawn in a complex… — Steve Carell
I have always thought you could take the measure of a man by his sports manners - that is to… — Graydon Carter
Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency. — Raymond Chandler
People are governed with the head; kindness of heart is little use in chess. — Nicolas Chamfort
Play the game for more than you can afford to lose... only then will you learn the game. — Winston Churchill
I failed to make the chess team because of my height. — Woody Allen

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