July 28:Johann Sebastian Bach;Marcel Duchamp; Karl Popper, Beatrix Potter, John Ashbery, Terry Pratchett
Henri-Robert-Marcel Duchamp was a French-American painter, sculptor, chess player and writer whose work is associated with Cubism, conceptual art and Dada, although he was careful about his use of the ... Wikipedia Born : July 28, 1887, Blainville-Crevon, France Died : October 2, 1968, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France On view : Museum of Modern Art , Philadelphia Museum of Art , San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Periods : Dada , Expressionism , Post-Impressionism , Cubism , MORE Movies : Anemic Cinema , Entr'acte , The Witch's Cradle , 8 × 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements Influenced by : Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres , Joseph Cornell , Max Stirner , Henri Poincaré Quotes I have forced myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own taste. I am still a victim of chess. It has all the beauty of art - and much more. It cannot be commercialized. Chess is much purer than art in its social position. I don't believe in art. I believe in artists. "I do...