readymade (n.) is not at all related to the 'found object' because the latter is completely directed by personal taste, which decides that this is a…

Marcel Duchamp on Readymade

readymade

is an ordinary manufactured object presented as a work of art, a practice pioneered by Marcel Duchamp.

is likely the most important single idea to come out of Duchamp's work.

I'm not at all sure that the concept of the readymade isn't the most important single idea to come out of my work.

is not at all related to the 'found object' because the latter is completely directed by personal taste, which decides that this is a beautiful object and is unique.

My Ready-Mades have nothing to do with the 'objet trouve' because the so-called 'found object' is completely directed by personal taste. Personal taste decides that this is a beautiful object and is unique. Marcel Duchamp

is a principle of assemblage at work in all art, for even the tubes of paint used by the artist are manufactured and ready made products.

Since the tubes of paint used by the artist are manufactured and ready made products we must conclude that all the paintings in the world are 'readymades aided' and also works of assemblage.

is an attempt to discourage aesthetics; and yet despite throwing the bottlerack and the urinal in the critic's faces, now they admire them for their aesthetic beauty.

I thought to discourage aesthetics... I threw the bottlerack and the urinal in their faces and now they admire them for their aesthetic beauty.

is a principle grounded in the idea of chosing an object that wouldn't attract, either by its beauty or by its ugliness. To find a point of indifference in looking at it, you see

My idea was to chose an object that wouldn't attract me, either by its beauty or by its ugliness. To find a point of indifference in my looking at it, you see

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