Max ErnstCollage is the noble conquest of the irrational, the coupling of two realities, irreconcilable in appearance, upon a plane which apparently does not suit them.372Humor
Max ErnstBefore he goes into the water, a diver cannot know what he will bring back. ✨ Max Ernst, Werner Spies, Karin von Maur, Tate Gallery, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart (1991). Max Erns… ▶361Death
Max ErnstWhen 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.374Truth
Max ErnstCreativity is that marvelous capacity to grasp mutually distinct realities and draw a spark from their juxtaposition.365Truth
Max ErnstThe virtue of pride, which was once the beauty of mankind, has given place to that fount of ugliness, Christian humility.301Humanity
Max ErnstI have never seen a beautiful painting of a beautiful woman. But you can take an ugly woman and make a beautiful painting of her. It is the painting itself that should be beautifu… ▶292Sadness
Max ErnstEvery normal human being (and not merely the 'artist') has an inexhaustible store of buried images in his subconscious, it is merely a matter of courage or liberating procedures .… ▶326Humanity
Max ErnstMy paintings are not meant to be tasted.348Sadness
Max ErnstWho made art history? Not the most reasonable people. The mad men did. If painting is the mirror of a time, it must be mad to have a true image of what that time is. To one madnes… ▶223HumanitySadnessTime
Max ErnstAll good ideas arrive by chance.245Thought
Max ErnstPainting is neither decorative amusement, nor the plastic invention of felt reality; it must be every time: invention, discovery, revelation.203SadnessTimeTruth
Max ErnstArt has nothing to do with taste. Art is not there to be tasted ✨ Max Ernst, Karin von Maur, Tate Gallery, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen (German… ▶194Humor
Max ErnstArt has got nothing to do with taste.229Death
Max ErnstAnd Loplop, bird superior, has transformed himself into flesh without flesh and will dwell among us.131Hope
Max ErnstThe role of the painter . . . is to project that which sees itself in him. ✨ Max Ernst, Werner Spies, Sabine Rewald, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) (2005). Max … ▶143Sadness
Max ErnstWoman's nudity is wiser than the philosopher's teachings.159Philosophy
