„I wanted to get away from the physical act of painting… For me the title (‘Fresh Widow’, 1920), with inscription under: ‘Fresh Widow Copyright Rose Sélavy, 1920’, [probably referring to all the widows because of the many killings of soldiers in World War, 1. which ended in 1918] 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

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„I was interested in ideas - not merely in visual products. I wanted to put painting once again at the service of the mind.“
— Marcel Duchamp
„.. I have painted a few studies of the figure… I send you [Theo] two sketches. The painting of the figure appeals to me very much, but it must ripen - I must learn to know the technique better - that which is sometimes called "la cuisine de l'art". In the beginning I shall have to do much scraping, and often to begin anew, but I feel that I learned from it and that gives me a new fresh view on the things.“
— Vincent Van Gogh