From M.C. Escher, randomly:
Only those who attempt the absurd will achieve the impossible. I think it's in my basement… let me go upstairs and check.
By keenly confronting the enigmas that surround us, and by considering and analyzing 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.
What I give form to in daylight is only one per cent of what I have seen in darkness.
He who wonders discovers that this in itself is wonder.
I can't keep from fooling around with our irrefutable certainties. It is, for example, a pleasure knowingly to mix up two and three dimensionalities, flat and spatial, and to make fun of gravity.
I love this particular piece of work. I had an assignment in high school long ago and chose to use this as my model. We were to create a three dimensional piece of art out of clay from any famous artist that we admired. I still have the sculpture...
Posted by: D2 | August 4, 2006 1:06 PM | Permalink to Comment