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He [= Duchamp himself, writing in the third person] CHOSE IT. He took an ordinary article of life, placed it so that its useful significance disappeared under the new title and point of view – created a new thought for that object.

— Marcel Duchamp

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in this quote Duchamp is quoting himself

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