The mind loves the unknown. It loves images whose meaning is… — Rene Magritte · Skopia

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The mind loves the unknown. It loves images whose meaning is unknown, since the meaning of the mind itself is unknown.

1970

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Magritte, Rene. Quoted in Magritte by Suzy Grablik. New York Graphic Society, 1970.

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