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1964

The Great War

by Rene Magritte

"War is an unattainable woman..."

"She seduces us with her very inaccessibility. Her face, so we believe, should be as beautiful as her garment.
We dream to enjoy seeing it but this pleasure is never available – even the most obvious, the most justifiable
wars are ambiguous! Wars are always too costly in terms of lost lives and bodily mayhem.

"War-worshipers (war-shipers) glorify her with pompous hats and decorative parasols of war-advertisement
(war-divertisement), but the war’s bag carries our stupid animalism we project into her together with our loyal
dedication. What covers the face of war? – The dirt thrown at it by the truth about war stating that this dirt is
the coffin flowers."


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gordon725-Sep-2014 16:06
fascinating collection, pictures paint a thousand words.