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Art is a habit-forming drug. Art has absolutely no existence as veracity, as truth. People always speak of it with this great, religious reverence, but why should it be so revered?
Quote by -Marcel Duchamp
I am afraid to end up being in need to sell canvases - in other words, to be a society painter.
Quote by -Marcel Duchamp
You have to approach something with indifference, as if you had no aesthetic emotion. The choice of readymades is always based on visual indifference and, at the same time, on the total absence of good or bad taste.
Quote by -Marcel Duchamp
When cubism began to take a social form, Metzinger was especially talked about. He explained cubism, while Picasso never explained anything. It took a few years to see that not talking was better than talking too much.
Quote by -Marcel Duchamp
I couldn't go into the haphazard drawing or the paintings, the splashing of paint. I wanted to go back to a completely dry drawing, a dry conception of art.
Quote by -Marcel Duchamp
Gravity is not controlled physically in us by one of the 5 ordinary senses. We always reduce a gravity experience to an autocognizance, real or imagined, registered inside us in the region of the stomach.
Quote by -Marcel Duchamp
Possible reality [is obtained] by slightly bending physical and chemical laws.
Quote by -Marcel Duchamp
Love may not make the world go round, but I must admit that it makes the ride worthwhile.
Quote by -Sean Connery
My mum said I told her I wanted to be a hairdresser during the week and a star on the weekend and that was when I was really young.
Quote by -Natalie Imbruglia
I think where men are credited for being strong, women are divas. I just think it's such a cop out.
Quote by -Natalie Imbruglia
I exercise three to four times a week, doing the Tracy Anderson Method, which involves toning and strengthening our small muscle groups.
Quote by -Natalie Imbruglia
I'm a fan of homeopathy, acupuncture and spiritual healing. In Australia, this is not weird, but when I arrived in the U.K., everyone thought I was a freak.
Quote by -Natalie Imbruglia
Generally I can sleep any time, anywhere, any place, unless I'm anxious about work. I can get performance anxiety, so when I'm on tour it can be hard to sleep.
Quote by -Natalie Imbruglia
My kitchen bench is covered with vitamins and protein powders. I go through phases when I'm sure I'm taking too many - but I don't get sick often.
Quote by -Natalie Imbruglia
When I'm in London, I love to visit Kensington gardens and just sit in the park and read a good book.
Quote by -Natalie Imbruglia
I wasn't naturally drawn to fashion when I was younger but with my work I'm so exposed to what's out there that I'm hoping my style has become a little more sophisticated.
Quote by -Natalie Imbruglia
I've always been drawn to the four-leaf clover. It's deeply significant to my sister and me, so much so that we both have had it tattooed on the inside of our wrists.
Quote by -Natalie Imbruglia
If I start feeling down I'll gorge myself on pasta. That usually does the trick. It's the Italian blood in me.
Quote by -Natalie Imbruglia
I can understand why some people might look at me and say, 'What's she got to be depressed about?' I get that a lot in Britain, where mental health issues seem to be a big taboo.
Quote by -Natalie Imbruglia
Since childhood I've always had a tendency to lean towards melancholy. My sisters suffer from it too, so maybe it's a genetic thing. But none of us has ever been on medication.
Quote by -Natalie Imbruglia
There is no kind way to rip the skin off animals' backs. Anyone who wears any fur shares the blame for the torture and gruesome deaths of millions of animals each year.
Quote by -Natalie Imbruglia
I was brought up in an environment where my parents expressed their financial concerns in front of their children.
Quote by -Natalie Imbruglia
There are artists who think they have to be on top all the time. I think that would be exhausting.
Quote by -Natalie Imbruglia
I know my music probably isn't going to matter to the public after I die, but that doesn't mean I don't have something to offer.
Quote by -Natalie Imbruglia
You feel this pressure that people will take you more seriously if you play guitar, but I've decided I'm a singer and that's enough.
Quote by -Natalie Imbruglia
The success of Torn was a bit too much for me. I took a year off and was still scared to start the second album.
Quote by -Natalie Imbruglia
It's good to have to put yourself in someone else's skin. It's all-consuming.
Quote by -Natalie Imbruglia
I would have been happy to have waited till I was in my mid- to late-30s before I got married, but you don't choose when these things happen, and when they do, there's no doubt in your mind.
Quote by -Natalie Imbruglia
It's much easier to write when you're sad. But you can end up isolated and depressed because you almost need to put yourself in that situation to have that angst to write from.
Quote by -Natalie Imbruglia
Happy songs are very difficult to write. How many truly great upbeat songs are there?
Quote by -Natalie Imbruglia
I've done a lot of partying in my time because I didn't want to go home and I didn't know what to do.
Quote by -Natalie Imbruglia
I like singer-songwriters, and I find sad songs comforting rather than depressing. It makes you realise you're not alone in the world.
Quote by -Natalie Imbruglia