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

Quote by Rene Magritte

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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...

My painting is visible images which conceal nothing... they evoke mystery and indeed when one...

My painting is visible images which conceal nothing... they evoke mystery and indeed when one...

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...

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.

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 present reeks of mediocrity and the atom bomb.

The present reeks of mediocrity and the atom bomb.

Life obliges me to do something, so I paint.

Life obliges me to do something, so I paint.

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...

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...

Life obliges me to do something, so I paint

Life obliges me to do something, so I paint

Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.

Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.

Lawyers and painters can soon change white to black

Lawyers and painters can soon change white to black

In painting, as in the other arts, there's not a single process, no matter how...

In painting, as in the other arts, there's not a single process, no matter how...

Painting is a nail to which I fasten my ideas.

Painting is a nail to which I fasten my ideas.

Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind...

Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind...

I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When...

I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When...

Well, youth is the period of assumed personalities and disguises. It is the time of...

Well, youth is the period of assumed personalities and disguises. It is the time of...

I went to the museum where they had all the heads and arms from the...

I went to the museum where they had all the heads and arms from the...

My aim in painting has always been the most exact transcription possible of my most...

My aim in painting has always been the most exact transcription possible of my most...

Those who work in a preconceived style, deliberately turning their backs on nature, miss the...

Those who work in a preconceived style, deliberately turning their backs on nature, miss the...