My painting is visible images which conceal nothing... they evoke mystery and indeed when one sees one of my pictures, one asks oneself this simple question 'What does that mean'? It does not mean anything, because mystery means nothing either,…

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Art evokes the mystery without which the world would not exist.

Art evokes the mystery without which the world would not exist.

Life obliges me to do something, so I paint

Life obliges me to do something, so I paint

Only thought can resemble. It resembles by being what it sees, hears, or knows; it...

Only thought can resemble. It resembles by being what it sees, hears, or knows; it...

Everything we see hides another thing, we always want to see what is hidden by...

Everything we see hides another thing, we always want to see what is hidden by...

The mind loves the unknown. It loves images whose meaning is unknown, since the meaning...

The mind loves the unknown. It loves images whose meaning is unknown, since the meaning...

To be a surrealist means barring from your mind all remembrance of what you have...

To be a surrealist means barring from your mind all remembrance of what you have...

We must not fear daylight just because it almost always illuminates a miserable world.

We must not fear daylight just because it almost always illuminates a miserable world.

Life obliges me to do something, so I paint.

Life obliges me to do something, so I paint.

If the dream is a translation of waking life, waking life is also a translation...

If the dream is a translation of waking life, waking life is also a translation...

The present reeks of mediocrity and the atom bomb.

The present reeks of mediocrity and the atom bomb.