When the vision of the 'Nude' flashed upon me, I knew that it would break forever the enslaving chains of Naturalism.

I never finished the 'Large Glass' because, after working on it for eight years, I probably got interested in something else; also, I was tired. It may be that, subconsciously, I never intended to finish it because the word 'finish' implies an acceptance of traditional methods and all the paraphernalia that accompany them.

For me, the 'Three Stoppages' was a first gesture liberating me from the past.

Marcel Duchamp Quotes