We are surrounded by curtains. We only perceive the world behind a curtain of semblance. At the same time, an object needs to be covered in order to be recognized at all.
I detest my past, and anyone else's. I detest resignation, patience, professional heroism and obligatory beautiful feelings. I also detest the decora… - Rene Magritte
I detest my past, and anyone else's. I detest resignation, patience, professional heroism and obligatory beautiful feelings. I also detest the decora…
- Rene Magritte
My painting is visible images that conceal nothing... they evoke mystery. Mystery means nothing. It is unknowable. - Rene Magritte
My painting is visible images that conceal nothing... they evoke mystery. Mystery means nothing. It is unknowable.
Visible things can be invisible. However, our powers of thought grasp both the visible and the invisible – and I make use of painting to render thoug… - Rene Magritte
Visible things can be invisible. However, our powers of thought grasp both the visible and the invisible – and I make use of painting to render thoug…
The mind loves the unknown. It loves images whose meaning is unknown, since the meaning of the mind itself is unknown. - Rene Magritte
The mind loves the unknown. It loves images whose meaning is unknown, since the meaning of the mind itself is unknown.
Nothing is confused except the mind. - Rene Magritte
Nothing is confused except the mind.
The purpose of art is mystery. - Rene Magritte
The purpose of art is mystery.
Art evokes the mystery without which the world would not exist. - Rene Magritte
Art evokes the mystery without which the world would not exist.
An object never serves the same function as its image - or its name. - Rene Magritte
An object never serves the same function as its image - or its name.
Everything that is visible hides something that is invisible. - Rene Magritte
Everything that is visible hides something that is invisible.
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