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
fifty pleasant seems strange work
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.
building possible untrained
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,
work games serious
My work is a game, a very serious game.
earth salt wonder
Wonder is the salt of the earth.
education art jigsaw-puzzles
Science and art sometimes can touch one another, like two pieces of the jigsaw puzzle which is our human life, and that contact may be made across the boderline between the two respective domains.
education book math
I never got a pass mark in math ... Just imagine - mathematicians now use my prints to illustrate their books.
originality illusion
Originality is merely an illusion.
waiting peculiar accepting
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.
beauty art brother
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.
math artist training
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.