--- title: "1 Paths Lead Quotes By M. C. Escher" description: "1 Paths Lead quotes by M. C. Escher. Plus more from M. C. Escher and more Paths Lead sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18c/m-c-escher-15873_delight_i-came-to-the-open-gate-of-mathematics-f_2747837.png" --- > [I came to the ... open gate of mathematics. From here, well-trodden paths lead in every direction, and since then I have often spent time there. Sometimes I think ... I have trodden all the paths ... and then I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-c-escher/i-came-to-the-open-gate-of-mathematics-from-here-well-trodden-paths/) [M. C. Escher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-c-escher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18c/m-c-escher-15873_delight_i-came-to-the-open-gate-of-mathematics-f_2747837.png) ## More by M. C. Escher > [I could fill an entire second life with working on my prints.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-c-escher/i-could-fill-an-entire-second-life-with-working-on-my-prints/) [M. C. Escher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-c-escher/) > [The regular division of the plane into congruent figures evoking an association in the observer with a familiar natural object is one of these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-c-escher/the-regular-division-of-the-plane-into-congruent-figures-evoking-an/) [M. C. Escher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-c-escher/) > [I might be in the basement. I'll go upstairs and check.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-c-escher/i-might-be-in-the-basement-i-ll-go-upstairs-and-check/) [M. C. Escher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-c-escher/) > [ For me it remains an open question whether \[this work\] pertains to the realm of mathematics or to that of art. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-c-escher/for-me-it-remains-an-open-question-whether-this-work-pertains-to-the/) [M. C. Escher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-c-escher/) > [I never got a pass mark in math... Just imagine - mathematicians now use my prints to illustrate their books. Funny me consorting with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-c-escher/i-never-got-a-pass-mark-in-math-just-imagine-mathematicians-now-use/) [M. C. Escher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-c-escher/) > [As far as I know, there is no proof whatever of the existence of an objective reality apart from our senses, and I do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-c-escher/as-far-as-i-know-there-is-no-proof-whatever-of-the-existence-of-an/) [M. C. Escher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-c-escher/) > [Science and art sometimes can touch one another, like two pieces of the jigsaw puzzle which is our human life, and that contact may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-c-escher/science-and-art-sometimes-can-touch-one-another-like-two-pieces-of/) [M. C. Escher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-c-escher/) > [ In mathematical quarters, the regular division of the plane has been considered theoretically. ... \[Mathematicians\] have opened the gate leading to an extensive domain,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-c-escher/in-mathematical-quarters-the-regular-division-of-the-plane-has-been/) [M. C. Escher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-c-escher/) > [I might be in the basement. I'll go upstairs and check. We adore chaos because we love to produce order. I don't use drugs;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-c-escher/i-might-be-in-the-basement-i-ll-go-upstairs-and-check-we-adore-chaos/) [M. C. Escher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-c-escher/) > [The things I want to express are so beautiful and pure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-c-escher/the-things-i-want-to-express-are-so-beautiful-and-pure/) [M. C. Escher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-c-escher/) > [To tell you the truth, I am rather perplexed by the concept of 'art'. What one person considers to be 'art' is often not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-c-escher/to-tell-you-the-truth-i-am-rather-perplexed-by-the-concept-of-art/) [M. C. Escher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-c-escher/) > [To have peace with this peculiar life; to accept what we do not understand; to wait calmly for what awaits us, you have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-c-escher/to-have-peace-with-this-peculiar-life-to-accept-what-we-do-not/) [M. C. Escher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-c-escher/) > [Although I am even now still a layman in the area of mathematics, and although I lack theoretical knowledge, the mathematicians, and in particular…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-c-escher/although-i-am-even-now-still-a-layman-in-the-area-of-mathematics-and/) [M. C. Escher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-c-escher/) > [It is human nature to want to exchange ideas, and I believe that, at bottom, every artist wants no more than to tell the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-c-escher/it-is-human-nature-to-want-to-exchange-ideas-and-i-believe-that-at/) [M. C. Escher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-c-escher/) > [All my works are games, serious game.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-c-escher/all-my-works-are-games-serious-game/) [M. C. 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