Art Quote 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…

— 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…

— Max Ernst

All good ideas arrive by chance.

— Max Ernst

Creativity is that marvelous capacity to grasp mutually distinct realities and draw a spark from their juxtaposition.

— Max Ernst

Art has got nothing to do with taste.

— Max Ernst

Painting is neither decorative amusement, nor the plastic invention of felt reality; it must be every time: invention, discovery, revelation.

— Max Ernst

The role of the painter . . . is to project that which sees itself in him.

— 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…

— Max Ernst

My paintings are not meant to be tasted.

— 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…

— Max Ernst

Art has nothing to do with taste. Art is not there to be tasted

— Max Ernst

I succeeded in simply attending at the birth of all my works.

— Max Ernst