By keenly confronting the enigmas that surround us, and by considering and analyzing the observations that I had … - M. C. Escher

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Because of my language and the pantomime with which most Europeans accompany their speech, I was catalogued as a heavy.

M. C. Escher

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.

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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.

Art, Beauty, Books, Brother, Guess, Lost

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

Basement, Check, Checks, Might, Upstairs

To tell you the truth, I am rather perplexed by the concept of 'art'. What one person considers to be 'art' is often not 'art' to another. 'Beautiful' and 'ugly' are old-fashioned concepts that are seldom applied these days; perhaps justifiably, who knows? Something repulsive, which gives you a moral hangover, and hurts your ears or eyes, may well be art. Only 'kitsch' is not art - we're all agreed about that. Indeed, but what is 'kitsch'? If only I knew!

Art, Beautiful, Hurt, Person, Seldom, Ugly

Drawing is deception.

Art, Deception, Drawing

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.

Apart, Reality, See, Virtue, World