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"Art for Duchamp, all the arts, obey the same law: meta-irony is inherent in their very spirit. It is..." — Octavio Paz
Art for Duchamp, all the arts, obey the same law: meta-irony is inherent in their very spirit. It is an irony that destroys its own negation and, hence, returns in the affirmative.
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