Rene Magritte World Quotations

Only thought can resemble. It resembles by being what it sees, hears, or knows; it becomes what the world offers it.

Do not accept any explanation of the world either through chance or determinism. You are not responsible for your belief. It is not even you who decides that you are not responsible - and so on to infinity. You are not obliged to believe. There is no point of departure.

We are surrounded by curtains. We only perceive the world behind a curtain of semblance. At the same time, an object needs to be covered in order to be recognized at all.

I want nevertheless to add that for me the world is a defiance of common sense.

We must not fear daylight just because it almost always illuminates a miserable world.