M. C. Escher Quotes

I Believe That Producing Pictures, As I Do, Is Almost Solely A Question Of Wanting So Very Much To Do It Well.

I Came To The ... Open Gate Of Mathematics. From Here, Well-trodden Paths Lead In Every Direction, And Since Then I Have Often Spent Time There. Sometimes I Think ... I Have Trodden All The Paths ... And Then I Suddenly Discover A New Path And Experience Fresh Delights.

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.

All My Works Are Games, Serious Game.

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.

The Regular Division Of The Plane Into Congruent Figures Evoking An Association In The Observer With A Familiar Natural Object Is One Of These Hobbies Or Problems...i Have Embarked On This Geometric Problem Again And Again Over The Years, Trying To Throw Light On Different Aspects Each Time. I Cannot Imagine What My Life Would Be Like If This Problem Had Never Occurred To Me; One Might Say That I Am Head Over Heels In Love With It, And I Still Don't Know Why.

It Has Always Irked Me As Improper That There Are Still So Many People For Whom The Sky Is No More Than A Mass Of Random Points Of Light. I Do Not See Why We Should Recognize A House, A Tree, Or A Flower Here Below And Not, For Example, The Red Arcturus Up There In The Heavens As It Hangs From Its Constellation Bootes, Like A Basket Hanging From A Balloon.

At Moments Of Great Enthusiasm It Seems To Me That No One In The World Has Ever Made Something This Beautiful And Important.

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.

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.

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.

I Could Fill An Entire Second Life With Working On My Prints.