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M. C. Escher

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Biography - M. C. Escher:

Dutch graphic artist.
Born: 1898 - Died: 1972
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: Netherlands
Netherlands

I could fill an entire second life with working on my prints.
M. C. Escher


Translation

Translation

(German, French)



German
Ich könnte ein ganzes zweites Leben mit der Arbeit an meinen Drucken füllen
M. C. Escher

French
Je pourrais remplir toute une seconde vie à travailler sur mes impressions.
M. C. Escher



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Quotes for: life


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Quotes about life:


As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Faust: A Tragedy / 





Man arrives as a novice at each age of his life.
Nicolas Chamfort - Maximes et pensées / 





A happy life, therefore, is one which is in accordance with its own nature.
Seneca - De Vita Beata / 





There is more to life than increasing its speed.
Mahatma Gandhi / 





To live means to love, but above all, to love life.
Blanche Pierson / 





Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
Henry David Thoreau / 






All about life...




Quotes for: work


Quotes

Quotes about work:


My work is a game, a very serious game.
M. C. Escher / 





The best work is not what is most difficult for you it is what you do best.
Jean-Paul Sartre - Dirty Hands / 





It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings / 





Sowing is not so hard as reaping.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe / 





Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.
Quintus Horatius Flaccus / 





The fruits of labor are the sweetest of all pleasures.
Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues - Reflexions and Maxims / 






All about work...




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M. C. Escher also said...


My work is a game, a very serious game.
M. C. Escher / 





Only those who attempt the absurd will achieve the impossible.
M. C. Escher / 





We adore chaos because we love to produce order.
M. C. Escher / 





In my prints I try to show that we live in a beautiful and orderly world and not in a chaos without norms, as we sometimes seem to.
M. C. Escher / 





It is human nature to want to exchange ideas, and I believe that, at bottom, every artist wants no more than to tell the world what he has to say. I have sometimes heard painters say that they paint 'for themselves': but I think they would soon have painted their fill if they lived on a desert island.
M. C. Escher





He who wonders discovers that this is in itself a wonder.
M. C. Escher







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