“He who wonders discovers that this is in itself a wonder.”

—  M. C. Escher

Quote of Escher 1959 - in the introduction of M.C. Escher: The Graphic Work (1978) p. 8 http://books.google.com/books?id=PJNZAAAAYAAJ&q=%22He+who+wonders+discovers+that+this+is+in+itself+a+wonder%22&pg=PA8#v=onepage - translated from the original book in Dutch: M.C. Escher - Grafiek en Tekeningen, publisher, Koninklijke Erven J.J. Tijl N.V. Zwolle, 1959
1950's
Context: The ideas that are basic to [my work] often bear witness to my amazement and wonder at the laws of nature which operate in the world around us. He who wonders discovers that this is in itself a wonder. By keenly confronting the enigmas that surround us, and by considering and analyzing the observations that I had made, I ended up in the domain of mathematics.

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