"To become truly immortal, a work of art must escape all human limits: logic and common sense will only interfere. But once these barriers are broken, it will enter the realms of childhood visions and dreams"

Art aspires to outlive its creator, to persist beyond the boundaries of time, mortality, and conventional understanding. Giorgio de Chirico’s assertion presents immortality in art as a liberation from the constraints imposed by everyday human perception. Logic and common sense, typically seen as guiding lights in life, become restrictive cages for artistic expression. If a work of art remains tethered to rationality and what is deemed practical or intelligible, it cannot transcend the limitations of human experience; it can only mimic or mirror the known rather than suggest the unknown or the eternal.

By escaping “all human limits,” art is encouraged to detach itself from immediate reality and the predictable. It can then immerse itself in the abstract, the instinctual, and the illogical, all spaces that birth originality and intrigue. When an artist relinquishes the safety of structure, art accesses a boundless realm, removed from the material and the mortal, wherein it can achieve a form of immortality. Not just because it is preserved or remembered, but because it resonates on an elemental and enigmatic level, always open to reinterpretation, always alive.

Once the barriers of logic and common sense are broken, the artwork enters what de Chirico deems the “realms of childhood visions and dreams.” Childhood is a period marked by limitless curiosity, vivid imagination, and an embrace of the uncanny. Dreams, similarly, defy order, merging memory and fantasy into surreal experiences. These domains allow for surprise, wonder, and unease, the very qualities that often captivate and endure. When art inhabits these realms, it speaks across generations and cultures, echoing the primordial, subconscious aspects of human existence. By rising above the formulaic, the artwork endures as a living vision, not just reflecting life but offering new ways to see, feel, and dream.