List of Max Ernst Quotes

My Paintings Are Not Meant To Be Tasted.

Art Has Got Nothing To Do With Taste.

A Series Of Powers Are At Work Within The Great Stream Of Expressionism Who Have No Outward Similarity To One Another But A Common Direction Of Thrust, Namely The Intention To Give Expression To Things Of The Psyche [seelisches] Through Form Alone.

The Virtue Of Pride, Which Was Once The Beauty Of Mankind, Has Given Place To That Fount Of Ugliness, Christian Humility.

And Loplop, Bird Superior, Has Transformed Himself Into Flesh Without Flesh And Will Dwell Among Us.

I Succeeded In Simply Attending At The Birth Of All My Works.

Collage Is A Supersensitive And Scrupulously Accurate Instrument, Similar To A Seismograph, Which Is Able To Record The Exact Amount Of The Possibility Of Human Happiness At Any Period.

I Have Never Seen A Beautiful Painting Of A Beautiful Woman. But You Can Take An Ugly Woman And Make A Beautiful Painting Of Her. It Is The Painting Itself That Should Be Beautiful.

When The Artist Finds Himself He Is Lost. The Fact That He Has Succeeded In Never Finding Himself Is Regarded By Max Ernst As His Only Lasting Achievement.

The Artist Is A Spectator, Indifferent Or Impassioned, At The Birth Of His Work, And Observes The Phases Of Its Development.

Woman's Nudity Is Wiser Than The Philosopher's Teachings.

Before He Goes Into The Water, A Diver Cannot Know What He Will Bring Back.