It is a matter of great indifference to me what criticism is printed in the papers and the magazines. I am simply working out my own ideas in my own way.

What am I? Do I know? I am a man: quite simply, a 'breather.'

I am interested in ideas, not merely in visual products.

I am my own woman.

The great problem was the selection of the readymade. I needed to choose an object without it impressing me: that is to say, without it providing any sort of aesthetic delectation. Moreover, I needed to reduce my own personal taste to absolute zero.

I am a leader in my own world. That's enough for me.