understanding duchamp

in all honesty, duchamp is not one of my favorite artists (sorry, bob). the discussions on him in art history classes - or amongst friends while working in studio classes - were always wonderful and provoking. but my somewhat lazy, knee-jerk "it's not aesthetically pleasing" reaction always got me. that's not the sole barometer of a work's interest to me, but... well, maybe back then it was. who knows. anyways, this is an interesting web site:

understanding duchamp