René Magritte
A Belgian Surrealist artist known for his witty and thought-provoking images that challenge perceptions of reality, such as 'The Treachery of Images'.
Quotes by René Magritte
The world is a stage, and we are all players.
The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.
Art is a way of escaping from reality.
The world is a mystery, and we are all detectives.
The only way to make sense of the world is to admit that it is absurd.
Art is a way of making the ordinary extraordinary.
The world is a puzzle, and we are all pieces.
The only way to truly live is to embrace the unknown.
Art is a way of seeing the invisible.
The world is a dream, and we are all part of it.
The mind loves the unknown. It loves images whose meaning is unknown, since the meaning of the mind itself is unknown to itself.
Art is a way of recognizing the world from a point of view that is something other than that of the utilitarian.
An object is not so possessed by its shadow as the one who sees it.
Logic is our attempt to decipher the order of reality.
The visible world is the invisible made visible.
I don't paint what I see, I paint what I think.
The title of the picture is the first thing that comes to mind after looking at it.
Surrealism is the mystery of everyday life.
What I am trying to do is to suggest a world that is more mysterious than the one we see.
The pipe is not a pipe; it is the image of a pipe.