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At moments of great enthusiasm it seems to me that no one in the world has ever made something this beautiful and important.
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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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.
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We adore chaos because we love to produce order.
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All my works are games, serious game.
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A woman once rang me up and said, 'Mr. Escher, I am absolutely crazy about your work. In your print -Reptiles- you have given such a striking illustration of reincarnation.' I replied, 'Madam, if that's the way you see it, so be it.'
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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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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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I might be in the basement. I'll go upstairs and check.
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Wonder is the salt of the earth.
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I could fill an entire second life with working on my prints.
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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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The things I want to express are so beautiful and pure.
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I am a graphic artist heart and soul, though I find the term artist rather embarrassing.
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Originality is merely an illusion.
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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.
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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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