Talk:The Son of Man

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[edit] Development of Meaning

Does anyone have a source which explains the themes in this work? I have a pretty good idea, but I would love read more on it. --Vector4F 07:21, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

I have added "citation needed" tags to the interpretation of the painting's meaning. I find the statement that "the apple represents temptation" to be highly suspect. Magritte stated that his paintings evoked mystery, which is unknowable. He also was annoyed when people insisted on speaking about his paintings in terms of what they "symbolize". He is also known to have chosen quite arbitrary hello names for his paintings, and often allowed friends to choose the names. Therefore I believe this interpretation regarding the businessman symbolizing "the son of Adam" and the apple symbolizing "temptation" is extremely unlikely to represent the intentions of Magritte himself. Unless there are supporting references to show this interpretation coming from some expert on Magritte's work, it is most likely "original research" or "unverifiable" and should be removed. IamNotU (talk) 18:35, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

I have removed the above referenced unverifiable statement.85.179.67.221 (talk) 19:18, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Magritte quotes

Any link to Magritte quotes? They're used on all his wiki pages, and I'd be interested in seeing a link, or at least a site showing that they are TRUE quotes. (85.176.193.11 (talk) 14:08, 26 November 2007 (UTC))