I don't grow up. In me is the small child of my early days.

I am myself: a light. In me you find your fate. So be not blind to the truth shining from my glow.

A woman once rang me up and said, 'Mr. Escher, I am absolutely crazy about your work. In your print -Reptiles- you have given such a striking illustration of reincarnation.' I replied, 'Madam, if that's the way you see it, so be it.'

There is something breathtaking about the basic laws of crystals. They are in no sense a discovery of the human mind; they just "are" - they exist quite independently of us. The most that man can do is become aware, in a moment of clarity, that they are there, and take cognizance of them.

I am a graphic artist heart and soul, though I find the term artist rather embarrassing.

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.

For me it remains an open question whether [this work] pertains to the realm of mathematics or to that of art.