I'm not sure he was endearing. He made light of a lot of things other people take seriously, that's true. If his only appeal was an ability to wear his learning

I'm not sure he was endearing. He made light of a lot of things other people take seriously, that's true. If his only appeal was an ability to wear his learning lightly, he wouldn't be remembered. There's something corrosive and more than a little bit inhuman about much of what he produced, and, for the people who approve of him, that's what makes him significant. He's not an avuncular figure: https://www.scottishreviewofbooks.org/2014/11/how-duchamp-stole-the-urinal/ https://www.scottishreviewofbooks.org/2014/11/how-duchamp-st...