48 Quotes by M. C. Escher

The things I want to express are so beautiful and pure.

I could fill an entire second life with working on my prints.

Simplicity and order are, if not the principal, then certainly the most important guidelines for human beings in general.

As far as I know, there is no proof whatever of the existence of an objective reality apart from our senses, and I do not see why we should accept the outside world as such solely by virtue of our senses.

Drawing is deception.

Originality is merely an illusion.

What I give form to in daylight is only one per cent of what I have seen in darkness.

Order is repetition of units. Chaos is multiplicity without rhythm.

To tell you the truth, I am rather perplexed by the concept of 'art'. What one person considers to be 'art' is often not 'art' to another. 'Beautiful' and 'ugly' are old-fashioned concepts that are seldom applied these days; perhaps justifiably, who knows? Something repulsive, which gives you a moral hangover, and hurts your ears or eyes, may well be art. Only 'kitsch' is not art - we're all agreed about that. Indeed, but what is 'kitsch'? If only I knew!