Max Ernst > Quotes

“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. ”
― Max Ernst

“Creativity is that marvelous capacity to grasp mutually distinct realities and draw a spark from their juxtaposition.”
― Max Ernst

“Art has nothing to do with taste. Art is not there to be tasted”
― Max Ernst

“Before he goes into the water, a diver cannot know what he will bring back.”
― Max Ernst

“My paintings are not meant to be tasted.”
― Max Ernst

“And Loplop, bird superior, has transformed himself into flesh without flesh and will dwell among us...”
― Max Ernst, The Hundred Headless Woman

“All good ideas arrive by chance.”
― Max Ernst

“…and everything is inhuman”
― Max Ernst, A Little Girl Dreams of Taking the Veil

“The announcement to mother: "Don't be sad, mother. God betrayed me. I am His widow. I've become ageless and all my memories are smothered.”
― Max Ernst, A Little Girl Dreams of Taking the Veil

“He who says collage says the irrational.”
― Max Ernst

“to all of us a theatrical death”
― Max Ernst, A Little Girl Dreams of Taking the Veil

“nudity is wiser than the philosopher's teachings”
― max ernst

“The explosion of stars is not reserved for ticket-holders”
― Max Ernst

“Die Katze kam zum Mittagessen und kotzte eine ganze Maus aus. Das war sehr appetitanregend und ich musste an Deutschland denken”
― Max Ernst

“Marie: "Which is your cradle?” The celestial fiancé: "My cradle is the word used in anger. I am the divine scalper's son. I am not a note to the reader".”
― Max Ernst, A Little Girl Dreams of Taking the Veil