Humor and laughter - not necessarily derogatory derision - are my pet tools. This may come from my general philosophy of never taking the world too seriously - for fear of dying of boredom.

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"I have forced myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own taste."

- Marcel Duchamp

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"Chess is a school of silence."

- Marcel Duchamp

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"I don't believe in art. I believe in artists."

- Marcel Duchamp

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