27 Quotes by H. R. Giger

The creature we finally ended up building is biomechanical to the extent that he has physically grown into, or maybe even out of, his seat, - he's integrated totally into the function he performs.

My paintings seem to make the strongest impression on people who are, well, who are crazy,

The Dutch customs once thought my pictures were photos. Where on earth did they think I could have photographed my subjects? In Hell, perhaps?

A good many people think as I do. If they like my work they are creative . . . or they are crazy.

When the mouth is closed it looks very voluptuous, beautiful. But when it opens its jaws the tongue inside the mouth is more like a spear... also very suggestive... which penetrates the head with greater velocity, snagging bits of brain. From Beauty to the Beast.

In an age in which the classic words of the Surrealists – ‘As beautiful as the unexpected meeting, on a dissecting table, of a sewing machine and an umbrella’ – can become reality and perfectly achievable with an atom bomb, so too has there been a surge of interest in biomechanoids.

Some people say my work is often depressing and pessimistic, with the emphasis on death, blood, overcrowding, strange beings and so on, but I don’t really think it is.

You know I was curious – I was interested in all kinds of mystery or deeper meanings in the paintings because I myself have not analyzed why they have turned out like this or like that.

The creature we finally ended up building is biomechanical to the extent that he has physically grown into, or maybe even out of, his seat, – he’s integrated totally into the function he performs.