A biography for Max Ernsthasn’t been written yet.
“All good ideas arrive by chance.”
“Painting is not for me either decorative amusement, or the plastic invention of felt reality; it must be every time: invention, discovery, revelation.”
“Art has nothing to do with taste. Art is not there to be tasted”
“Creativity is that marvelous capacity to grasp mutually distinct realities and draw a spark from their juxtaposition.”
“When the artist finds himself he is lost. The fact that he has succeeded in never finding himself is regarded by Max Ernst as his only lasting achievement.”