Quotes by Giorgio de Chirico

About Giorgio de Chirico:

Giorgio de Chirico was an Italian artist. In the years before World War I, he founded the scuola metafisica art movement, which profoundly influenced the surrealists. After 1919, he became interested in traditional painting techniques, and worked in a neoclassical or neo-Baroque style, while frequently revisiting the metaphysical themes of his earlier work.
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Art is the fatal net which catches these strange moments on the wing like mysterious butterflies, fleeing the innocence and distraction of common men.

Giorgio de Chirico

To become truly immortal, a work of art must escape all human limits: logic and common sense will only interfere. But once these barriers are broken, it will enter the realms of childhood visions and dreams.

Giorgio de Chirico

Although the dream is a very strange phenomenon and an inexplicable mystery, far more inexplicable is the mystery and aspect our minds confer on certain objects and aspects of life.

Giorgio de Chirico

I believe, however, that such abnormal moments can be found in everyone, and it is all the more fortunate when they occur in individuals with creative talent or with clairvoyant powers.

Giorgio de Chirico

Author Bio

  • NameGiorgio de Chirico
  • DescriptionItalian artist
  • AliasesGiorgio de Chirico
  • BornJuly 10, 1888
  • DiedNovember 20, 1978
  • CountryItaly
  • ProfessionArtist; Painter; Sculptor; Writer
  • WorksThe Song Of Love; The Uncertainty Of The Poet; Mystery And Melancholy Of A Street
  • AwardsGrand Merit Cross Of The Order Of Merit Of The Federal Republic Of Germany