The gist of Dadaism was the "gratuitous act," and the most gratuitous Dadaist act of all was Marcel Duchamp's invention of the readymade. One can regard them as experiments in art, or mock works of ...

lust and cupidity, misogyny. I have my arguments with religion, God knows, but I have nothing but respect for women and men who commit their lives to their religions — the priests and ministers ...