Artist Quotes by Wolfgang Beltracchi

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

Most forgers are caught because they tell the wrong person about what they do.

— Wolfgang Beltracchi

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

I wouldn't be ashamed to sell my own art for a lot of money.

— Wolfgang Beltracchi

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

In a legal sense, I am a convicted criminal.

— Wolfgang Beltracchi

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

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

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

I can paint anything. Leonardo? Of course. But why? You couldn't sell it.

— Wolfgang Beltracchi

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

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

I think that the most important requirement is to capture the essence of a piece of art. You look at it, essentially absorb it,…

— Wolfgang Beltracchi

One is a criminal to some people and an artist to others. I can understand that. In a legal sense, I am a convicted…

— Wolfgang Beltracchi

No one ever ordered anything from me. I painted because I wanted to.

— Wolfgang Beltracchi