René Magritte

Visual Arts Belgian 1898 – 1967 99 quotes

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.

Essay 1952

Art is a way of recognizing the world from a point of view that is something other than that of the utilitarian.

Interview 1960

An object is not so possessed by its shadow as the one who sees it.

Speech 1937

Logic is our attempt to decipher the order of reality.

Book 1955

The visible world is the invisible made visible.

Letter 1940

I don't paint what I see, I paint what I think.

Interview 1926

The title of the picture is the first thing that comes to mind after looking at it.

Essay 1950

Surrealism is the mystery of everyday life.

Manifesto excerpt 1929

What I am trying to do is to suggest a world that is more mysterious than the one we see.

Interview 1965

The pipe is not a pipe; it is the image of a pipe.

Painting caption 1929