“Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968) was one of the most influential theorists and artists of the century. He was a believer in the absurdity and the futility of everything, especially art, and a pioneer in impossible figures, as his picture, Apollinère Enameled reveals.”
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This text can be found on page 73 of a book entitled Incredible Optical Illusions. The author of the book is Nigel Rodgers. It was published in 1998 by Quarto International, of London (UK) and Gordon (Sydney, Australia).
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“Winnie-the-Pooh is, as practically everyone knows, one of the greatest books ever written, but it is also one of the most controversial. Nobody can quite agree as to what it really means!”
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This text can be found on page IX of a book entitled The Pooh Perplex: A Student Casebook. The author of the book is Frederick C. Crews. It was published in 1979 by Robin Clark; London W1P 1FD. It was first published in Great Britain by Arthur Barker in 1964.
Quote 3: “Our imaginations are extremely powerful. Just try not to think about something, such as whether you left the cooker on, and you quickly discover how easy it is for your imagination to see your home burnt to the ground! If you give your imagination any leads, it will act on them.”
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This text can be found on page 6 of a book entitled The Study Skills Handbook. The author of the book is Stella Cottrell. The consulted copy was a second edition one. It was published in 2003 by Palgrave Macmillan; of Basingstoke, UK, and New York, US. The copyright belongs to Stella Cottrell 1999, 2003.
Marcel Duchamp was involved in an artistic and literary movement by the name of Dada, evolving from the dissatisfaction with conventional social and artistic practices during World War One (1914-1918). Considered, “to be one of the most influential artists and theorists of his time,” (Rodgers, 1998, pg 73), and being disillusioned by the