MC Escher - Images of Mathematics...

M. C. Escher, born 6.17.1898, was a Dutch graphic artist known worldwide for his mathematically inspired woodcuts, lithographs, and mezzotints that feature impossible constructions, exploration of infinity, architecture, and tessellations of the euclidean and hyperbolic plane.

"By keenly confronting the enigmas that surround us and by considering and analyzing the observations that I have made, I have ended up in the domain of mathematics. Although I am absolutely without training in the exact sciences, I often seem to have more in common with mathematicians than I do with my fellow artists."

- M.C. Escher

"A long time ago I chanced upon this domain of regular division of the plane in one of my wanderings; however on the other side I landed in a wilderness. I came to the open gate of mathematics. Sometimes I think I have covered the whole area and then I suddenly discover a new path and experience fresh delights."

- M. C. Escher