13 Quotes by Giorgio de Chirico

Everything has two aspects; the current aspect, which we see nearly always and which ordinary men see, and the ghostly and metaphysical aspect, which only rare individuals may see in moments of clairvoyance and metaphysical abstraction.

There is much more mystery in the shadow of a man walking on a sunny day, than in all religions of the world.

One must picture everything in the world as an enigma, and live in the world as if in a vast museum of strangeness.

It used to be that painters were crazy and sculptors clever. Today it’s the other way around.