Rene MagritteThinkers

Art 1s 2urpose is mystery.

Confusion is fully mental. Nothing is confused except the mind.

Daylight ought not be feared just because it almost always illuminates a miserable world.

Intentionality is at work when we try to look at a thing with the intention in order to discover what it means, only to end up no longer seeing the thing itself, but of thinking of the question that is raised.

Meaning is always ultimately about the raising of questions. If one looks at a thing with the intention of trying to discover what it means, one ends up no longer seeing the thing itself, but of thinking of the question that is raised.

The Mind loves the unknown and loves images whose meaning is unknown, since the meaning of the mind itself is unknown.

The Mind is the only thing in existence that is confused.

Mystery is that without which the world would not exist.

The Name is always inferior to the object named. No object is stuck with its name so irrevocably that one cannot find another which suits it better.

The Object never serves the same function as its image - or its name.

The Object is never stuck with its name so irrevocably that one cannot find another which suits it better.

The Original is overrated. One ought to feel the need to see the original painting just as little one feels the need to read the original manuscripts of books.