--- title: "4 Rene Magritte Quotes by 4 authors" description: "Browse 4 Rene Magritte quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best Rene Magritte sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e7/duane-michals-10800_assumption_if-i-indulge-myself-and-surrender-to-mem_516477.png" --- > [If I indulge myself and surrender to memory, I can still feel the knot of excitement that gripped me as I turned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duane-michals/if-i-indulge-myself-and-surrender-to-memory-i-can-still-feel-the-knot/) [Duane Michals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duane-michals/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e7/duane-michals-10800_assumption_if-i-indulge-myself-and-surrender-to-mem_516477.png) > [“The shirt was a screen print of a famous Surrealist artwork by René Magritte in which he drew a pipe and then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/the-shirt-was-a-screen-print-of-a-famous-surrealist-artwork-by-ren/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/363/john-green-12_peter-van-houten_the-shirt-was-a-screen-print-of-a-famous_1619226.jpg) > [I like Salvador Dali and Rene Magritte. I also like the Scottish artist John Byrne, another surrealist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-connolly/i-like-salvador-dali-and-rene-magritte-i-also-like-the-scottish/) [Billy Connolly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-connolly/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efd/billy-connolly-2412_art_i-like-salvador-dali-and-rene-magritte-i_2105550.png) > [I thought of a high school report I did on the Belgian artist Rene Magritte and a quote I once read from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sloane-crosley/i-thought-of-a-high-school-report-i-did-on-the-belgian-artist-rene/) [Sloane Crosley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sloane-crosley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61d/sloane-crosley-1764_art_i-thought-of-a-high-school-report-i-did_3226312.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rene-magritte/#itemlist", "name": "Rene Magritte Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If I indulge myself and surrender to memory, I can still feel the knot of excitement that gripped me as I turned the corner into Rue Mimosas, looking for the house of Rene Magritte. It was August, 1965. 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(“This is not a pipe.”) “I just don’t get that shirt,” Mom said. “Peter Van Houten will get it, trust me. There are like seven thousand Magritte references in An Imperial Affliction.” “But it is a pipe.” “No, it’s not,” I said. “It’s a drawing of a pipe. Get it? All representations of a thing are inherently abstract. It’s very clever.” “How did you get so grown up that you understand things that confuse your ancient mother?” Mom asked. “It seems like just yes-terday that I was telling seven-year-old Hazel why the sky was blue. You thought I was a genius back then.” “Why is the sky blue?” I asked. “Cuz,” she answered. 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