What is the secret riddle to the painting, "The Surprise Answer" by Rene Magritte?

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What is the secret riddle to the painting, "The Surprise Answer" by Rene Magritte?

2007-03-01 06:49:10 · 2 answers · asked by mom_overboard 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting

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she needs a new door?

2007-03-01 06:52:06 · answer #1 · answered by brian 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Here's a quote, the best answer I can give:

Magritte replied, "If one looks at a thing with the intention of trying to discover what it means, one ends up no longer seeing the thing itself, but of thinking of the question that is raised." The interpretation of the image was a denial of its mystery, the mystery of the invisible. His images are to be looked at, not into.

A full explanation can probably be found here:

2007-03-01 07:31:28 · answer #2 · answered by ? 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋