My painting is visible images which conceal nothing... they evoke mystery and indeed when one sees one of my pictures, one asks oneself this simple question 'What does that mean'? It does not mean anything, because mystery means nothing either,… — Rene Magritte Copy Share Image
My painting is visible images that conceal nothing... they evoke mystery. Mystery means nothing. It is unknowable. — Rene Magritte Copy Share Image
I want nevertheless to add that for me the world is a defiance of common sense. — Rene Magritte Copy Share Image
Everything we see hides another thing, we always want to see what is hidden by what we see, but it is impossible. Humans hide… — Rene Magritte Copy Share Image
We are surrounded by curtains. We only perceive the world behind a curtain of semblance. At the same time, an object needs to be… — Rene Magritte Copy Share Image
If one looks at a thing with the intention of trying to discover what it means, one ends up no longer seeing the thing… — Rene Magritte Copy Share Image
“I despise my own past and that of others. I despise resignation, patience, professional heroism and all the obligatory sentiments. I also despise the… — René Magritte Copy Share Image
If the dream is a translation of waking life, waking life is also a translation of the dream. — Rene Magritte Copy Share Image
People who look for symbolic meaning fail to grasp the inherent poetry and mystery of the images. — Rene Magritte Copy Share Image
I think we are responsible for the universe, but that doesn't mean we decide anything. — Rene Magritte Copy Share Image
