The trick is to paint a picture that doesn't exist, and yet that fits perfectly into an artist's body of work. — Wolfgang Beltracchi Copy Share Image
For the cynic, art is defined through money. That, of course, is a very sad statement. But an artist is someone who… — Wolfgang Beltracchi Copy Share Image
You can't paint pictures of love. You can only imagine them. So I suppose I don't need a painting by another artist.… — Wolfgang Beltracchi Copy Share Image
I never decided to become an art forger. I was aware of my talent at an early age, and I used it… — Wolfgang Beltracchi Copy Share Image
I think that the most important requirement is to capture the essence of a piece of art. You look at it, essentially… — Wolfgang Beltracchi Copy Share Image
One is a criminal to some people and an artist to others. I can understand that. In a legal sense, I am… — Wolfgang Beltracchi Copy Share Image
The trick is to paint a picture that doesn't exist, and yet that fits perfectly into an artist's body of work. — Wolfgang Beltracchi Copy Share Image
Most forgers are caught because they tell the wrong person about what they do. — Wolfgang Beltracchi Copy Share Image
Sometimes I smoked opium. And I also took LSD - for a while, quite a lot of LSD, in fact. But I never had… — Wolfgang Beltracchi Copy Share Image
For the cynic, art is defined through money. That, of course, is a very sad statement. But an artist is someone who does creative… — Wolfgang Beltracchi Copy Share Image
The interesting thing is that in everyday life, I fail to see the most ordinary things. I often stumble and sometimes I even fall… — Wolfgang Beltracchi Copy Share Image
You can't paint pictures of love. You can only imagine them. So I suppose I don't need a painting by another artist. I have… — Wolfgang Beltracchi Copy Share Image
I lived on a houseboat in Amsterdam for a year. It was intense, and it's possible that I even had a few blackouts. — Wolfgang Beltracchi Copy Share Image
I can paint anything. Leonardo? Of course. But why? You couldn't sell it. — Wolfgang Beltracchi Copy Share Image
I never decided to become an art forger. I was aware of my talent at an early age, and I used it foolishly. This… — Wolfgang Beltracchi Copy Share Image
I once went to a demonstration in Aachen against fare increases on public transport. A police officer pulled out a bunch of my hair,… — Wolfgang Beltracchi Copy Share Image
