Smell Quotes by Rene Magritte

I want nevertheless to add that for me the world is a defiance of common sense.

— 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…

— 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…

— Rene Magritte

Everything that is visible hides something that is invisible.

— Rene Magritte

A thing which is present can be invisible, hidden by what it shows

— 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…

— 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…

— René Magritte

The present reeks of mediocrity and the atom bomb.

— Rene Magritte

Each thing we see hides something else we want to see.

— Rene Magritte

If the dream is a translation of waking life, waking life is also a translation of the dream.

— Rene Magritte

People who look for symbolic meaning fail to grasp the inherent poetry and mystery of the images.

— Rene Magritte

I think we are responsible for the universe, but that doesn't mean we decide anything.

— Rene Magritte