Although I Am Even Now Still A

M. C. Escher

Although i am even now still a layman in the area of mathematics, and although i lack theoretical knowledge, the mathematicians, and in particular the crystallographers, have had considerable influence on my work of the last twenty years. the laws of the phenomena around us--order, regularity, cyclical repetition, and renewals--have assumed greater and greater importance for me. the awareness of their presence gives me peace and provides me with support. i try in my prints to testify that we live in a beautiful and orderly world, and not in a formless chaos, as it sometimes seems.