There is something breathtaking about the basic laws of crystals. They are in no sense a discovery of the human mind; they just “are” – they exist quite independently of us. The most that man can do is become aware, in a moment of clarity, that they are there, and take cognizance of them.

— M.C. Escher

M.C. Escher Quotes

I try in my prints to testify that we live in a beautiful and orderly world, and not in a formless chaos, as it sometimes seems.

— M.C. Escher

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

— M.C. Escher

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.

— M.C. Escher

It is human nature to want to exchange ideas, and I believe that, at bottom, every artist wants no more than to tell the world what he has to say.

— M.C. Escher

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

— M.C. Escher

Originality is merely an illusion.

— M.C. Escher

Drawing is deception.

— M.C. Escher

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

— M.C. Escher

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

— M.C. Escher

I am always wandering around in enigmas. There are young people who constantly come to tell me: you, too, are making Op Art. I haven’t the slightest idea what that is, Op Art. I’ve been doing this work for thirty years now.

— M.C. Escher

At moments of great enthusiasm it seems to me that no one in the world has ever made something this beautiful and important.

— M.C. Escher

There is something breathtaking about the basic laws of crystals. They are in no sense a discovery of the human mind; they just “are” – they exist quite independently of us. The most that man can do is become aware, in a moment of clarity, that they are there, and take cognizance of them.

— M.C. Escher

I might be in the basement. I’ll go upstairs and check.

— M.C. Escher

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.’

— M.C. Escher

I might be in the basement. I’ll go upstairs and check. We adore chaos because we love to produce order. I don’t use drugs; my dreams are frightening enough.

— M.C. Escher

To have peace with this peculiar life; to accept what we do not understand; to wait calmly for what awaits us, you have to be wiser than I am.

— M.C. Escher

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

— M.C. Escher

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

— M.C. Escher

I think I have never yet done any work with the aim of symbolizing a particular idea, but the fact that a symbol is sometimes discovered or remarked upon is valuable for me because it makes it easier to accept the inexplicable nature of my hobbies, which constantly preoccupy me.

— M.C. Escher

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

— M.C. Escher
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