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title: "4 Hidden Quotes By Rene Magritte"
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> [Everything we see hides another thing, we always want to see what is hidden by what we see, but it is impossible.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-magritte/everything-we-see-hides-another-thing-we-always-want-to-see-what-is/)

[Rene Magritte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-magritte/)

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> [A thing which is present can be invisible, hidden by what it shows](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-magritte/a-thing-which-is-present-can-be-invisible-hidden-by-what-it-shows/)

[Rene Magritte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-magritte/)

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> [Everything we see hides another thing, we always want to see what is hidden by what we see.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-magritte/everything-we-see-hides-another-thing-we-always-want-to-see-what-is-2/)

[Rene Magritte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-magritte/)

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> [Everything we see hides another thing, we always want to see what is hidden by what we see. There is an interest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-magritte/everything-we-see-hides-another-thing-we-always-want-to-see-what-is-3/)

[Rene Magritte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-magritte/)

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## Other authors on Hidden

## More by Rene Magritte

> [I want nevertheless to add that for me the world is a defiance of common sense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-magritte/i-want-nevertheless-to-add-that-for-me-the-world-is-a-defiance-of/)

[Rene Magritte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-magritte/)

> [Everything we see hides another thing, we always want to see what is hidden by what we see, but it is impossible. Humans hide…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-magritte/everything-we-see-hides-another-thing-we-always-want-to-see-what-is/)

[Rene Magritte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-magritte/)

> [We are surrounded by curtains. We only perceive the world behind a curtain of semblance. At the same time, an object needs to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-magritte/we-are-surrounded-by-curtains-we-only-perceive-the-world-behind-a/)

[Rene Magritte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-magritte/)

> [Everything that is visible hides something that is invisible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-magritte/everything-that-is-visible-hides-something-that-is-invisible/)

[Rene Magritte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-magritte/)

> [A thing which is present can be invisible, hidden by what it shows](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-magritte/a-thing-which-is-present-can-be-invisible-hidden-by-what-it-shows/)

[Rene Magritte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-magritte/)

> [If one looks at a thing with the intention of trying to discover what it means, one ends up no longer seeing the thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-magritte/if-one-looks-at-a-thing-with-the-intention-of-trying-to-discover-what/)

[Rene Magritte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-magritte/)

> [“I despise my own past and that of others. I despise resignation, patience, professional heroism and all the obligatory sentiments. I also despise the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-magritte/i-despise-my-own-past-and-that-of-others-i-despise-resignation/)

[René Magritte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-magritte/)

> [The present reeks of mediocrity and the atom bomb.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-magritte/the-present-reeks-of-mediocrity-and-the-atom-bomb/)

[Rene Magritte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-magritte/)

> [Each thing we see hides something else we want to see.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-magritte/each-thing-we-see-hides-something-else-we-want-to-see/)

[Rene Magritte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-magritte/)

> [If the dream is a translation of waking life, waking life is also a translation of the dream.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-magritte/if-the-dream-is-a-translation-of-waking-life-waking-life-is-also-a/)

[Rene Magritte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-magritte/)

> [People who look for symbolic meaning fail to grasp the inherent poetry and mystery of the images.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-magritte/people-who-look-for-symbolic-meaning-fail-to-grasp-the-inherent/)

[Rene Magritte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-magritte/)

> [I think we are responsible for the universe, but that doesn't mean we decide anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-magritte/i-think-we-are-responsible-for-the-universe-but-that-doesn-t-mean-we/)

[Rene Magritte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-magritte/)

> [We must not fear daylight just because it almost always illuminates a miserable world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-magritte/we-must-not-fear-daylight-just-because-it-almost-always-illuminates-a/)

[Rene Magritte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-magritte/)

> [I have few illusions: the cause is lost in advance. As for me, I do my part, which is to drag a fairly drab…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-magritte/i-have-few-illusions-the-cause-is-lost-in-advance-as-for-me-i-do-my/)

[Rene Magritte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-magritte/)

> [Art evokes the mystery without which the world would not exist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-magritte/art-evokes-the-mystery-without-which-the-world-would-not-exist/)

[Rene Magritte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-magritte/)

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