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

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

“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