A series of powers are at work within the great stream of Expressionism who have no outward similarity to one another but a common direction of thrust, namely the intention to give expression to things of the psyche [Seelisches] through form alone.
Who made art history? Not the most reasonable people. The mad men did. If painting is the mirror of a time, it must be mad to have a true image of wh… - Max Ernst
Who made art history? Not the most reasonable people. The mad men did. If painting is the mirror of a time, it must be mad to have a true image of wh…
- Max Ernst
The role of the painter . . . is to project that which sees itself in him. - Max Ernst
The role of the painter . . . is to project that which sees itself in him.
Creativity is that marvelous capacity to grasp mutually distinct realities and draw a spark from their juxtaposition. - Max Ernst
Creativity is that marvelous capacity to grasp mutually distinct realities and draw a spark from their juxtaposition.
Woman's nudity is wiser than the philosopher's teachings. - Max Ernst
Woman's nudity is wiser than the philosopher's teachings.
Collage is the noble conquest of the irrational, the coupling of two realities, irreconcilable in appearance, upon a plane which apparently does not … - Max Ernst
Collage is the noble conquest of the irrational, the coupling of two realities, irreconcilable in appearance, upon a plane which apparently does not …
Painting is neither decorative amusement, nor the plastic invention of felt reality; it must be every time: invention, discovery, revelation. - Max Ernst
Painting is neither decorative amusement, nor the plastic invention of felt reality; it must be every time: invention, discovery, revelation.
Art has nothing to do with taste. Art is not there to be tasted - Max Ernst
Art has nothing to do with taste. Art is not there to be tasted
All good ideas arrive by chance. - Max Ernst
All good ideas arrive by chance.
Every normal human being (and not merely the 'artist') has an inexhaustible store of buried images in his subconscious, it is merely a matter of cour… - Max Ernst
Every normal human being (and not merely the 'artist') has an inexhaustible store of buried images in his subconscious, it is merely a matter of cour…
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