4 M. C. Escher Quotes on Identity

M. C. Escher quotes on identity

13. I am a graphic artist heart and soul, though I find the term 'artist' rather embarrassing.

15. I am always wandering around in enigmas. There are young people who constantly come to tell me: you, too, are making Op Art. I haven't the slightest idea what that is, Op Art. I've been doing this work for thirty years now.

18. I don't grow up. In me is the small child of my early days.

23. By keenly confronting the enigmas that surround us, and by considering and analysing the observations that I have made, I ended up in the domain of mathematics, Although I am absolutely without training in the exact sciences, I often seem to have more in common with mathematicians than with my fellow artists.