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title: "2 Tasted Quotes By Max Ernst"
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> [My paintings are not meant to be tasted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-ernst/my-paintings-are-not-meant-to-be-tasted/)

[Max Ernst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-ernst/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b4/max-ernst-26817_meant-to-be_my-paintings-are-not-meant-to-be-tasted_1831461.jpg)

> [Art has nothing to do with taste. Art is not there to be tasted](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-ernst/art-has-nothing-to-do-with-taste-art-is-not-there-to-be-tasted/)

[Max Ernst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-ernst/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b8/max-ernst-26817_art_art-has-nothing-to-do-with-taste-art-is_1848516.jpg)

## More by Max Ernst

> [When the artist finds himself he is lost. The fact that he has succeeded in never finding himself is regarded by Max Ernst as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-ernst/when-the-artist-finds-himself-he-is-lost-the-fact-that-he-has/)

[Max Ernst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-ernst/)

> [Collage is the noble conquest of the irrational, the coupling of two realities, irreconcilable in appearance, upon a plane which apparently does not suit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-ernst/collage-is-the-noble-conquest-of-the-irrational-the-coupling-of-two/)

[Max Ernst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-ernst/)

> [All good ideas arrive by chance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-ernst/all-good-ideas-arrive-by-chance/)

[Max Ernst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-ernst/)

> [Creativity is that marvelous capacity to grasp mutually distinct realities and draw a spark from their juxtaposition.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-ernst/creativity-is-that-marvelous-capacity-to-grasp-mutually-distinct/)

[Max Ernst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-ernst/)

> [Art has got nothing to do with taste.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-ernst/art-has-got-nothing-to-do-with-taste/)

[Max Ernst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-ernst/)

> [Painting is neither decorative amusement, nor the plastic invention of felt reality; it must be every time: invention, discovery, revelation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-ernst/painting-is-neither-decorative-amusement-nor-the-plastic-invention-of/)

[Max Ernst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-ernst/)

> [The role of the painter . . . is to project that which sees itself in him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-ernst/the-role-of-the-painter-is-to-project-that-which-sees-itself-in-him/)

[Max Ernst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-ernst/)

> [Collage is a supersensitive and scrupulously accurate instrument, similar to a seismograph, which is able to record the exact amount of the possibility of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-ernst/collage-is-a-supersensitive-and-scrupulously-accurate-instrument/)

[Max Ernst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-ernst/)

> [My paintings are not meant to be tasted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-ernst/my-paintings-are-not-meant-to-be-tasted/)

[Max Ernst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-ernst/)

> [Who made art history? Not the most reasonable people. The mad men did. If painting is the mirror of a time, it must be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-ernst/who-made-art-history-not-the-most-reasonable-people-the-mad-men-did/)

[Max Ernst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-ernst/)

> [Art has nothing to do with taste. Art is not there to be tasted](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-ernst/art-has-nothing-to-do-with-taste-art-is-not-there-to-be-tasted/)

[Max Ernst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-ernst/)

> [I succeeded in simply attending at the birth of all my works.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-ernst/i-succeeded-in-simply-attending-at-the-birth-of-all-my-works/)

[Max Ernst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-ernst/)

> [I have never seen a beautiful painting of a beautiful woman. But you can take an ugly woman and make a beautiful painting of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-ernst/i-have-never-seen-a-beautiful-painting-of-a-beautiful-woman-but-you/)

[Max Ernst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-ernst/)

> [Before he goes into the water, a diver cannot know what he will bring back.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-ernst/before-he-goes-into-the-water-a-diver-cannot-know-what-he-will-bring/)

[Max Ernst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-ernst/)

> [And Loplop, bird superior, has transformed himself into flesh without flesh and will dwell among us...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-ernst/and-loplop-bird-superior-has-transformed-himself-into-flesh-without/)

[Max Ernst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-ernst/)

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