“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.” ThinkingWellsSometimesPathMathematicsDelightGatesLead InNew Paths Author:M. C. Escher
“I try in my prints to testify that we live in a beautiful and orderly world, not in a chaos without norms, even though that is how it sometimes appears. My subjects are also often playful: I cannot refrain from demonstrating the nonsensicalness of some of what we take to be irrefutable certainties. It is, for example, a pleasure to deliberately mix together objects of two and three dimensions, surface and spatial relationships, and to make fun of gravity.” WorldTryingTwoSometimesTogetherBeautifulThreeFunPleasureSubjectsExampleObjectsChaosSurfaceCertaintyDimensionsPrintGravityNormRefrainOrderlyDemonstratingSpatialThree Dimensions Author:M. C. Escher
“I think I have never yet done any work with the aim of symbolizing a particular idea, but the fact that a symbol is sometimes discovered or remarked upon is valuable for me because it makes it easier to accept the inexplicable nature of my hobbies, which constantly preoccupy me.” ThinkingIdeasSometimesDoneFactsAcceptingParticularEasierAimValuableSymbolsHobbiesInexplicable Author:M. C. Escher
“Although I am even now still a layman in the area of mathematics, and although I lack theoretical knowledge, the mathematicians, and in particular the crystallographers, have had considerable influence on my work of the last twenty years. The laws of the phenomena around us--order, regularity, cyclical repetition, and renewals--have assumed greater and greater importance for me. The awareness of their presence gives me peace and provides me with support. I try in my prints to testify that we live in a beautiful and orderly world, and not in a formless chaos, as it sometimes seems.” WorldGivingTryingYearsStillsSometimesSeemsLastsBeautifulLawOrderSupportGreaterInfluenceAwarenessParticularAreasImportanceGive MeTwentiesMathematicsChaosPrintMathematicianRepetitionRenewalTheoreticalOrderlyRegularityLayman Author:M. C. Escher
“Science and art sometimes can touch one another, like two pieces of the jigsaw puzzle which is our human life, and that contact may be made across the boderline between the two respective domains.” HumansMayArtMadeTwoSometimesEducationPiecesMathematicsContactHuman LifePuzzlesDomainArt And ScienceJigsawJigsaw Puzzles Author:M. C. Escher
“I try in my prints to testify that we live in a beautiful and orderly world, and not in a formless chaos, as it sometimes seems.” WorldTryingSometimesSeemsBeautifulChaosPrintOrderly Author:M. C. Escher
