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> [When I started to paint, I painted children because I just felt that I wanted to take their side. What always upset me was how children are getting abused simply because they are physically weaker and not capable of defending…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gottfried-helnwein/when-i-started-to-paint-i-painted-children-because-i-just-felt-that-i/)

[Gottfried Helnwein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gottfried-helnwein/)

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## More by Gottfried Helnwein

> [Imaginations and illusions are always so much more powerful and bigger than this mediocre and boring thing called reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gottfried-helnwein/imaginations-and-illusions-are-always-so-much-more-powerful-and/)

[Gottfried Helnwein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gottfried-helnwein/)

> [My art was not an answer - it was a question.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gottfried-helnwein/my-art-was-not-an-answer-it-was-a-question/)

[Gottfried Helnwein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gottfried-helnwein/)

> [In retrospect I would say from Donald Duck I have learned more about life than from all the schools I ever attended.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gottfried-helnwein/in-retrospect-i-would-say-from-donald-duck-i-have-learned-more-about/)

[Gottfried Helnwein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gottfried-helnwein/)

> [The first time I saw a picture of Elvis - I was in a state of shock, because I couldn't believe that a human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gottfried-helnwein/the-first-time-i-saw-a-picture-of-elvis-i-was-in-a-state-of-shock/)

[Gottfried Helnwein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gottfried-helnwein/)

> [Not only do I think that he is highly intelligent but also outstandingly educated. ... He is extremely beautiful, fragile and totally unearthly. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gottfried-helnwein/not-only-do-i-think-that-he-is-highly-intelligent-but-also/)

[Gottfried Helnwein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gottfried-helnwein/)

> [When I started to paint, I painted children because I just felt that I wanted to take their side. What always upset me was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gottfried-helnwein/when-i-started-to-paint-i-painted-children-because-i-just-felt-that-i/)

[Gottfried Helnwein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gottfried-helnwein/)

> [Warhol is the pre-Helnwein.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gottfried-helnwein/warhol-is-the-pre-helnwein/)

[Gottfried Helnwein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gottfried-helnwein/)

> [Art is a weapon for me, with which I can strike back.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gottfried-helnwein/art-is-a-weapon-for-me-with-which-i-can-strike-back/)

[Gottfried Helnwein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gottfried-helnwein/)

> [I feel there is a strong bond between artists and children and all other sacred fools.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gottfried-helnwein/i-feel-there-is-a-strong-bond-between-artists-and-children-and-all/)

[Gottfried Helnwein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gottfried-helnwein/)

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