Argument 2: It took a long time for the world to appreciate the art of Magritte because he gave the public so few clues about how to interpret his work. His art calls heavily upon the unconscious, but he steadfastly refused investigation into aspects of his own life that might have helped others to understand the workings of his own unconscious. He refused to talk even about the basic events of his early life. As he didn ’ t agree with interpretations of art based on personal problems and experiences, he offered little to encourage public interpretations of that nature.