Marcel DuchampI force myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own taste.
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Admitting that you have a strong sense of what you like and dislike is a sign of intellectual honesty. You can’t be a hypocrite and pretend that you have no preference for things that you actually enjoy.
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