Max Ernst Quotes

Woman's nudity is wiser than the philosopher's teachings. — Max Ernst

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

The virtue of pride, which was once the beauty of mankind, has given place to that fount of ugliness, Christian humility. — Max Ernst

Art has got nothing to do with taste. — Max Ernst

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

The artist is a spectator, indifferent or impassioned, at the birth of his work, and observes the phases of its development. — Max Ernst

Painting is not for me either decorative amusement, or the plastic invention of felt reality; it must be every time: invention, discovery, revelation. — Max Ernst

And Loplop, bird superior, has transformed himself into flesh without flesh and will dwell among us ... — Max Ernst

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

My paintings are not meant to be tasted. — Max Ernst

Before he goes into the water, a diver cannot know what he will bring back. — Max Ernst