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Rene Magritte quotes: To be a surrealist means barring from your mind all remembrance of what you have seen, and being always on the lookout for what has never been.

To be a surrealist means barring from your mind all remembrance of what you have seen, and being always on the lookout for what has never been.

Rene Magritte quotes: Life obliges me to do something, so I paint.

Life obliges me to do something, so I paint.

Rene Magritte quotes: Between words and objects one can create new relations and specify characteristics of language and objects generally ignored in everyday life.

Between words and objects one can create new relations and specify characteristics of language and objects generally ignored in everyday life.

Rene Magritte quotes: Those who become entangled in these false ideas are prevented from perceiving the Integral Oneness.

Those who become entangled in these false ideas are prevented from perceiving the Integral Oneness.

Rene Magritte quotes: This is not a pipe.

This is not a pipe.

Rene Magritte quotes: I need to see the original paintings just as little as I have to read the original manuscripts of books.

I need to see the original paintings just as little as I have to read the original manuscripts of books.

Rene Magritte quotes: An object never serves the same function as its image - or its name.

An object never serves the same function as its image - or its name.

Rene Magritte quotes: A truly poetic canvas is an awakened dream.

A truly poetic canvas is an awakened dream.

Rene Magritte quotes: The present reeks of mediocrity and the atom bomb.

The present reeks of mediocrity and the atom bomb.

Rene Magritte quotes: I have few illusions: the cause is lost in advance. As for me, I do my part, which is to drag a fairly drab existence to its conclusion.

I have few illusions: the cause is lost in advance. As for me, I do my part, which is to drag a fairly drab existence to its conclusion.

Rene Magritte quotes: An object is not so attached to its name that we cannot find another one that would suit it better.

An object is not so attached to its name that we cannot find another one that would suit it better.

Rene Magritte quotes: People who look for symbolic meaning fail to grasp the inherent poetry and mystery of the images.

People who look for symbolic meaning fail to grasp the inherent poetry and mystery of the images.

Rene Magritte quotes: Only thought can resemble. It resembles by being what it sees, hears, or knows; it becomes what the world offers it.

Only thought can resemble. It resembles by being what it sees, hears, or knows; it becomes what the world offers it.

Rene Magritte quotes: If the dream is a translation of waking life, waking life is also a translation of the dream.

If the dream is a translation of waking life, waking life is also a translation of the dream.

Rene Magritte quotes: I want nevertheless to add that for me the world is a defiance of common sense.

I want nevertheless to add that for me the world is a defiance of common sense.

Rene Magritte quotes: The purpose of art is mystery.

The purpose of art is mystery.

Rene Magritte quotes: The mind loves the unknown. It loves images whose meaning is unknown, since the meaning of the mind itself is unknown.

The mind loves the unknown. It loves images whose meaning is unknown, since the meaning of the mind itself is unknown.

Rene Magritte quotes: Everything that is visible hides something that is invisible.

Everything that is visible hides something that is invisible.

Rene Magritte quotes: Nothing is confused except the mind.

Nothing is confused except the mind.

Rene Magritte quotes: Too often we tend to reduce what is strange to what is familiar. I intend to restore the familiar to the strange.

Too often we tend to reduce what is strange to what is familiar. I intend to restore the familiar to the strange.

Rene Magritte quotes: I do not like money, either for itself or for what it can buy, since I want nothing we know about.

I do not like money, either for itself or for what it can buy, since I want nothing we know about.

Rene Magritte quotes: No object is stuck with its name so irrevocably that one cannot find another which suits it better.

No object is stuck with its name so irrevocably that one cannot find another which suits it better.

Rene Magritte quotes: We must not fear daylight just because it almost always illuminates a miserable world.

We must not fear daylight just because it almost always illuminates a miserable world.

Rene Magritte quotes: I like subversive humor, freckles, women's knees and long hair, the laughter of playing children, and a girl running down the street.

I like subversive humor, freckles, women's knees and long hair, the laughter of playing children, and a girl running down the street.

Rene Magritte quotes: Each thing we see hides something else we want to see.

Each thing we see hides something else we want to see.

Rene Magritte quotes: Art evokes the mystery without which the world would not exist

Art evokes the mystery without which the world would not exist

Rene Magritte quotes: A thing which is present can be invisible, hidden by what it shows

A thing which is present can be invisible, hidden by what it shows

Rene Magritte quotes: What he imagines evokes nothing imaginary, it evokes the reality of the world that experience and reason treat in a confused manner.

What he imagines evokes nothing imaginary, it evokes the reality of the world that experience and reason treat in a confused manner.

Rene Magritte quotes: My painting is visible images that conceal nothing ... they evoke mystery. Mystery means nothing. It is unknowable.

My painting is visible images that conceal nothing ... they evoke mystery. Mystery means nothing. It is unknowable.

Rene Magritte quotes: I think we are responsible for the universe, but that doesn't mean we decide anything.

I think we are responsible for the universe, but that doesn't mean we decide anything.

Rene Magritte quotes: Everyday objects shriek aloud.

Everyday objects shriek aloud.