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M.C. Escher quotes: We adore chaos because we love to produce order.

We adore chaos because we love to produce order.

M.C. Escher quotes: Wonder is the salt of the earth.

Wonder is the salt of the earth.

M.C. Escher quotes: He who wonders discovers that this in itself is wonder.

He who wonders discovers that this in itself is wonder.

M.C. Escher quotes: It is human nature to want to exchange ideas, and I believe that, at bottom, every artist wants no more than to tell the world what he has to say.

It is human nature to want to exchange ideas, and I believe that, at bottom, every artist wants no more than to tell the world what he has to say.

M.C. Escher quotes: At moments of great enthusiasm it seems to me that no one in the world has ever made something this beautiful and important.

At moments of great enthusiasm it seems to me that no one in the world has ever made something this beautiful and important.

M.C. Escher quotes: So let us then try to climb the mountain, not by stepping on what is below us, but to pull us up at what is above us, for my part

So let us then try to climb the mountain, not by stepping on what is below us, but to pull us up at what is above us, for my part at the stars; amen.

M.C. Escher quotes: Simplicity and order are, if not the principal, then certainly the most important guidelines for human beings in general.

Simplicity and order are, if not the principal, then certainly the most important guidelines for human beings in general.

M.C. Escher quotes: My work is a game, a very serious game.

My work is a game, a very serious game.

M.C. Escher quotes: Drawing is deception.

Drawing is deception.

M.C. Escher quotes: I am a graphic artist heart and soul, though I find the term artist rather embarrassing.

I am a graphic artist heart and soul, though I find the term artist rather embarrassing.

M.C. Escher quotes: For me it remains an open question whether [this work] pertains to the realm of mathematics or to that of art.

For me it remains an open question whether [this work] pertains to the realm of mathematics or to that of art.

M.C. Escher quotes: Are you really sure that a floor can't also be a ceiling?

Are you really sure that a floor can't also be a ceiling?

M.C. Escher quotes: I could fill an entire second life with working on my prints.

I could fill an entire second life with working on my prints.

M.C. Escher quotes: Order is repetition of units.Chaos is multiplicity without rhythm.

Order is repetition of units.
Chaos is multiplicity without rhythm.

M.C. Escher quotes: I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.

I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.

M.C. Escher quotes: Only those who attempt the absurd ... will achieve the impossible. I think ... I think it's in my basement ... Let me go upstairs and check.

Only those who attempt the absurd ... will achieve the impossible. I think ... I think it's in my basement ... Let me go upstairs and check.

M.C. Escher quotes: What I give form to in daylight is only one per cent of what I have seen in darkness.

What I give form to in daylight is only one per cent of what I have seen in darkness.

M.C. Escher quotes: To have peace with this peculiar life; to accept what we do not understand; to wait calmly for what awaits us, you have to be wiser than I am.

To have peace with this peculiar life; to accept what we do not understand; to wait calmly for what awaits us, you have to be wiser than I am.

M.C. Escher quotes: Hands, are the most honest part of the human body, they cannot lie as laughing eyes and the mouth can.

Hands, are the most honest part of the human body, they cannot lie as laughing eyes and the mouth can.

M.C. Escher quotes: Originality is merely an illusion.

Originality is merely an illusion.

M.C. Escher quotes: The things I want to express are so beautiful and pure.

The things I want to express are so beautiful and pure.

M.C. Escher quotes: I might be in the basement. I'll go upstairs and check.

I might be in the basement. I'll go upstairs and check.

M.C. Escher quotes: I don't grow up. In me is the small child of my early days.

I don't grow up. In me is the small child of my early days.

M.C. Escher quotes: I never got a pass mark in math ... Just imagine - mathematicians now use my prints to illustrate their books.

I never got a pass mark in math ... Just imagine - mathematicians now use my prints to illustrate their books.

M.C. Escher quotes: All my works are games, serious game.

All my works are games, serious game.

M.C. Escher quotes: I believe that producing pictures, as I do, is almost solely a question of wanting so very much to do it well.

I believe that producing pictures, as I do, is almost solely a question of wanting so very much to do it well.