Original French: La Trahison des Images 1929 painting by Rene Magritte (surrealist painter)
A painting of a pipe and below it there is text that says “Ceci n’est pas une pipe” which translates to “This is not a pipe”
The famous pipe. How people reproached me for it! And yet, could you stuff my pipe? No, it’s just a representation, is it not? So if I had written on my picture “This is a pipe”, I’d have been lying! — René Magritte