
“A lot of shelter dogs are mutts like me.”
quote, 1917
Quote in: Theories and Documents of Contemporary Art, – a source-book of Artist's writings, ed. Kristine Stiles / Peter Selz, University of California Press, London, England, 1996, p. 817
Duchamp's core quote / his own written comment on his artwork 'Fountain (Duchamp)': The Richard Mutt Case, Marcel Duchamp, ‘Blind Man’, New York, 1917: 5
1915 - 1925
“A lot of shelter dogs are mutts like me.”
“Honestly, sometimes you'd rather be a dog. A mutt doesn't torture itself with thinking.”
Part I, Ch.5 - p.37
The Shepherd's Hut (2018)
Question, Is it true that Marcel Duchamp invented the name “mobile” for your work?
1950s - 1960s, interview with Alexander Calder', (1962)
As cited in: Thomas Doherty, Thomas Patrick Doherty (2013) Cold War, Cool Medium: Television, McCarthyism, and American Culture. p. 207
Army–McCarthy hearings (9 June 1954)
From "Half a Slap and Half a Boost" in American Economist (20 September 1912)
As quoted in Plain Mr. Jinnah : Selections from Quaid-e-Azam's Correspondence (1976)
“Some people drink from the fountain of knowledge, others just gargle. ”