M. C. Escher
M. C. Escher
Maurits Cornelis Escher; 17 June 1898 – 27 March 1972) was a Dutch graphic artist who made mathematically inspired woodcuts, lithographs, and mezzotints...
NationalityDutch
ProfessionArtist
Date of Birth17 June 1898
art thinking impossible
Only those who attempt the absurd will achieve the impossible. I think it's in my basement... let me go upstairs and check.
thinking ideas hobbies
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.
lying garden way
In mathematical quarters, the regular division of the plane has been considered theoretically. ... [Mathematicians] have opened the gate leading to an extensive domain, but they have not entered this domain themselves. By their very nature they are more interested in the way in which the gate is opened than in the garden lying behind it.
lying eye hands
Hands, are the most honest part of the human body, they cannot lie as laughing eyes and the mouth can.
heart artist soul
I am a graphic artist heart and soul, though I find the term artist rather embarrassing.
believe artist ideas
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.
art reality ceilings
Are you really sure that a floor can't also be a ceiling?
art drawing deception
Drawing is deception.