“I made paintings where the objects were represented with the appearance they have in reality, in a style sufficiently objective so that the subversive effect, which they would reveal themselves capable of evoking through certain powers, might exist again in the real world from which these objects have been borrowed—by a perfectly natural exchange.”

René Magritte, “Lifeline” (“La ligne de vie”)
lecture delivered at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Antwerp, November 20, 1938

See:
The Passionate Spectator: the Lesson of Crab Cakes: 'Neath the crust of a promise ofttimes lies a truth that's hard to swallow
Leaving Small’s Hotel: I want to make it clear that although they resembleleftovers, they are deliberately made to resemble leftovers and are not actually left over from anything.
Herb 'n' Lorna: Chacallit today is, in outward appearance, remarkably like the town in which Lorna grew up . . . with the result that, when I visited, I found that I could easily imagine life in Chacallit as it must have been in the early part of this century, when Lorna was a girl. 

See also:
Disguises

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The illustration at the top of the page is an adaptation of an illustration by Stewart Rouse that first appeared on the cover of the August 1931 issue of Modern Mechanics and Inventions. The boy at the controls of the aerocycle doesn’t particularly resemble Peter Leroy—except, perhaps, for the smile.