In 1958 Duchamp said of creativity , The creative act is not performed by the artist alone ; the spectator brings the work in contact with the external world by deciphering and interpreting its inner qualifications and thus adds his contribution to the creative act .
The creative act is not performed by the artist alone ; the spectator brings the work in contact with the external world by deciphering and interpreting its inner qualifications and thus adds his contribution to the creative act . Duchamp and chess .