Life obliges me to do something, so I paint.

Quote by Rene Magritte

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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...

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...

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...

Life obliges me to do something, so I paint

Life obliges me to do something, so I paint

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.

The present reeks of mediocrity and the atom bomb.

The present reeks of mediocrity and the atom bomb.

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...

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

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