... I felt like a new man; but I was disappointed with the photographic documentation because I still saw always the old self. — Arnulf Rainer Copy Share Image
I could only relax when there was just one tiny white last spot left. I could see more clearly. I could grasp the shape… — Arnulf Rainer Copy Share Image
The principles of my works... are the extinction of expression, permanent covering and contemplative tranquillity... My ideal is the completely dark picture, full of… — Arnulf Rainer Copy Share Image
In 1968 I frequently would sit in a photo booth and practice self mirror images which I then documented photographically. Curious types would always… — Arnulf Rainer Copy Share Image
Only the four corners of the background remained. It was terribly difficult to fix my eyes on all of them at the same time.… — Arnulf Rainer Copy Share Image
... I felt like a new man; but I was disappointed with the photographic documentation because I still saw always the old self. — Arnulf Rainer Copy Share Image
Sometimes I had to force the overpainting of three corners almost without any feeling for shape, almost without inspiration, only to find my way… — Arnulf Rainer Copy Share Image
I have settled down in this border area; I am trying to find distinct standards of shape, and I long to experience, formulate, and… — Arnulf Rainer Copy Share Image
the 'total overpaintings' developed... through incessant reworking. The original motif peeped through the edges. Gradually it vanished completely. — Arnulf Rainer Copy Share Image
