Rene Magritte (René François Ghislain Magritte) Quotes

The famous pipe. How people reproached me for it! And yet, could you stuff my pipe? No, it's just a representation, is it not? So if I had written on my picture “This is a pipe”, I'd have been lying!

Rene Magritte

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• The famous pipe. How people reproached me for it! And yet, could you stuff my pipe? No, it's just a representation, is it not? So if I had written on my picture “This is a pipe”, I'd have been lying!

  

  Rene Magritte
  • Famous
  • Lying
  • Written