A large number of his works have been reproduced as posters, and used in album covers. His influence can also be seen in many books and movies. The most significant aspect of the lovers is the veils.

As a direct result of this, he moved to Paris. He used the symbols of windows, eyes, curtains, and pictures within pictures to explore these questions. Each one is turned toward a different direction. Magritte would ultimately break with Andre Breton, the founder of the Surrealist school. Where, or what, is the red model?

The color blue is associated with calm or water which is associated with life. The artist deals in phenomena only. The man is in a dominant position relative to the woman. Under no circumstances would we see one transforming into the other. He places before us ordinary objects from our everyday lives and gave them new meaning - he forces us look at them from a new, slightly tilted, perspective.

Again, what we expect to see and what we actually see has no connection. In The Empire of Lights, 1954, a night landscape shines under a day lit sky.