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Only those who attempt the absurd will achieve the impossible. I think it's in my basement... let me go upstairs and check.
M. C. Escher
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M. C. Escher
Age: 73 †
Born: 1898
Born: January 1
Died: 1972
Died: January 1
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Ljouwert
Maurits Cornelis Escher
Mauricio Escher
Mauk Escher
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So let us then try to climb the mountain, not by stepping on what is below us, but to pull us up at what is above us, for my part at the stars amen.
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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.
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We adore chaos because we love to produce order.
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Simplicity and order are, if not the principal, then certainly the most important guidelines for human beings in general.
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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.
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For me it remains an open question whether [this work] pertains to the realm of mathematics or to that of art.
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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.
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Hands, are the most honest part of the human body, they cannot lie as laughing eyes and the mouth can.
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Wonder is the salt of the earth.
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