48 Quotes by M. C. Escher

I've been doing this kind of work for over fifty years now, and nothing in this strange and frightening world seems more pleasant to me.

At first I had no idea at all of the possibility of systematically building up my figures. I did not know ... this was possible for someone untrained in mathematics,

I believe that producing pictures, as I do, is almost solely a question of wanting so very much to do it well.

I don't grow up. In me is the small child of my early days.

By keenly confronting the enigmas that surround us, and by considering and analyzing the observations that I had made, I ended up in the domain of mathematics. Although I am absolutely without training in the exact sciences, I often seem to have more in common with mathematicians than with my fellow artists.

I am a graphic artist heart and soul, though I find the term artist rather embarrassing.

A woman once rang me up and said, 'Mr. Escher, I am absolutely crazy about your work. In your print -Reptiles- you have given such a striking illustration of reincarnation.' I replied, 'Madam, if that's the way you see it, so be it.'

I never got a pass mark in math... Just imagine - mathematicians now use my prints to illustrate their books. Funny me consorting with all these learned folks, as though I were their long lost brother. I guess they are unaware of the fact that I am ignorant about the whole thing.

All my works are games, serious game.