Duchamp is known for calling a thing art, rather than making it. A lot of that is picked up in pop art, too.

Everything I do is completely original-I made it up when I was a kid.

I am for an art that takes its form from the lines of life itself, that twists and extends and accumulates and spits and drips, and is heavy and coarse and blunt and sweet and stupid as life itself.

I am for an art that grows up not knowing it is art at all.

My rule was not to paint things as they were. I wasn't copying; I was remaking them as my own.

The main reason for the colossal objects is the obvious one, to expand and intensify the presence of the vessel - the object.

Art is a technique of communication. The image is the most complete technique of all communication.

For a thorough use of ice cream cones, buy two; eat one and drop the other.

I am for an art that tells you the time of day, or where such and such a street is. I am for an art that helps old ladies across the street.

If I didn't think what I was doing had something to do with enlarging the boundaries of art, I wouldn't go on doing it.

I am for the art of underwear and the art of taxicabs. I am for the art of ice cream cones dropped on concrete.

...Life is much simpler if you don’t notice anything....

Distance is but metrics, unmeasurable is the heart

To yield to Resistance deforms our spirit. It stunts us and makes us less than we are and were born to be.

If you want the advice of an old man, don't be afraid of making mistakes. That's life. Just be sure you're making them for the right reason.

Capitalism is a social system based on the recognition of individual rights, including property rights, in which all property is privately owned.

I believe in the American Dream because I have lived the American Dream.

I have a couple of girlfriends who've told me some horror stories but I've never had a really terrible kiss before.

Environmental damage such as graffiti, fly-posting and general littering is a menace that is becoming all too prevalent, not just in inner cities but in many communities - urban and rural.

It's not the fish you catch, it's the peace of mind you take home at the end of the day.