Quotes and Quotations

Memorable Quotes and quotations from M. C. Escher

M. C. Escher Dutch artist (1898 - 1972)


M. C. Escher -
- He who wonders discovers that this in itself is wonder.

M. C. Escher - Quoted in Comic Sections, D. MacHale (Dublin 1993)
- What I give form to in daylight is only one per cent of what I have seen in darkness.

M. C. Escher - Quoted in To Infinity and Beyond, E Maor (Princeton 1991)
- By keenly confronting the enigmas that surround us, and by considering and analysing the observations that I have 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.

M. C. Escher -
- My work is a game, a very serious game.

M. C. Escher -
- We adore chaos because we love to produce order.

M. C. Escher -
- Originality is merely an illusion.

M. C. Escher -
- He who wonders discovers that this in itself is wonder.

M. C. Escher -
- He who wonders discovers that this in itself is wonder.

M. C. Escher -
- My work is a game, a very serious game.