The purpose of art is mystery. Rene Magritte More Quotes by Rene Magritte More Quotes From Rene Magritte A thing which is present can be invisible, hidden by what it shows Rene Magritte invisibleshows We are surrounded by curtains. We only perceive the world behind a curtain of semblance. At the same time, an object needs to be covered in order to be recognized at all. Rene Magritte orderworldneeds I want nevertheless to add that for me the world is a defiance of common sense. Rene Magritte common-senseaddworld Do not accept any explanation of the world either through chance or determinism. You are not responsible for your belief. It is not even you who decides that you are not responsible - and so on to infinity. You are not obliged to believe. There is no point of departure. Rene Magritte departurebelieveworld Only thought can resemble. It resembles by being what it sees, hears, or knows; it becomes what the world offers it. Rene Magritte offersworldart Visible things can be invisible. However, our powers of thought grasp both the visible and the invisible – and I make use of painting to render thoughts visible. Rene Magritte invisiblepaintinguse A truly poetic canvas is an awakened dream. Rene Magritte canvaspoetrydream My investigations resembled the pursuit of the solution to a problem for which I had three data: the object, the thing connected with it in the shadow of my consciousness, and the light wherein that thing would become apparent. Rene Magritte datashadowlight No object is stuck with its name so irrevocably that one cannot find another which suits it better. Rene Magritte stucksuitsnames Those who become entangled in these false ideas are prevented from perceiving the Integral Oneness. Rene Magritte onenessmotivationalideas My painting is visible images that conceal nothing... they evoke mystery. Mystery means nothing. It is unknowable. Rene Magritte paintingmysterymean I need to see the original paintings just as little as I have to read the original manuscripts of books. Rene Magritte littlesbookneeds An object never serves the same function as its image - or its name. Rene Magritte functionobjectsnames 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 illusioncauseslost An object is not so attached to its name that we cannot find another one that would suit it better. Rene Magritte objectssuitsnames 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 laughtergirlrunning Painting bores me like everything else. Unfortunately, painting is one of the activities - it is bound up in the series of activities - that seems to change almost nothing in life, the same habits are always recurring. Rene Magritte boredompaintinghabit
