W. E. B. Du Bois
American sociologist and activist (1868-1963)
Rene Francois Ghislain Magrittewas a Belgian surrealist artist known for his depictions of familiar objects in unfamiliar, unexpected contexts, which often provoked questions about the nature and boundaries of reality and representation. His imagery has influenced pop art, minimalist art, and conceptual art.
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About the Rene Magritte
Rene Francois Ghislain Magrittewas a Belgian surrealist artist known for his depictions of familiar objects in unfamiliar, unexpected contexts, which often provoked questions about the nature and boundaries of reality and representation. His imagery has influenced pop art, minimalist art, and conceptual art.
10 Quotes by Rene Magritte
- 1.
Everything we see hides another thing, we always want to see what is hidden by what we see.
Rene MagritteBelgian painter and sculptor (1898-1967)
- 2.
Art evokes the mystery without which the world would not exist.
Rene MagritteBelgian painter and sculptor (1898-1967)
- 3.
Only thought can resemble. It resembles by being what it sees, hears, or knows; it becomes what the world offers it.
Rene MagritteBelgian painter and sculptor (1898-1967)
- 4.
The mind loves the unknown. It loves images whose meaning is unknown, since the meaning of the mind itself is unknown.
Rene MagritteBelgian painter and sculptor (1898-1967)
- 5.
The present reeks of mediocrity and the atom bomb.
Rene MagritteBelgian painter and sculptor (1898-1967)
- 6.
We must not fear daylight just because it almost always illuminates a miserable world.
Rene MagritteBelgian painter and sculptor (1898-1967)
- 7.
Life obliges me to do something, so I paint.
Rene MagritteBelgian painter and sculptor (1898-1967)
- 8.
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 MagritteBelgian painter and sculptor (1898-1967)
- 9.
If the dream is a translation of waking life, waking life is also a translation of the dream.
Rene MagritteBelgian painter and sculptor (1898-1967)
- 10.
My painting is visible images which conceal nothing… they evoke mystery and indeed when one sees one of my pictures, one asks oneself this simple question ‘What does that mean’? It does not mean anything, because mystery means nothing either, it is unknowable.
Rene MagritteBelgian painter and sculptor (1898-1967)