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> [Did I want to spend all my time working on a painting? No, I wanted to have fun, travel, meet women and live life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-beltracchi/did-i-want-to-spend-all-my-time-working-on-a-painting-no-i-wanted-to/)

[Wolfgang Beltracchi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wolfgang-beltracchi/)

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> [Fame never interested me. I could have exhibited more of my own works in the 1970s, but I didn't want to. It's sort of like being a child. When you're finished with school, you have only one thing on your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-beltracchi/fame-never-interested-me-i-could-have-exhibited-more-of-my-own-works/)

[Wolfgang Beltracchi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wolfgang-beltracchi/)

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## More 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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-beltracchi/the-trick-is-to-paint-a-picture-that-doesn-t-exist-and-yet-that-fits/)

[Wolfgang Beltracchi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wolfgang-beltracchi/)

> [Most forgers are caught because they tell the wrong person about what they do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-beltracchi/most-forgers-are-caught-because-they-tell-the-wrong-person-about-what/)

[Wolfgang Beltracchi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-beltracchi/sometimes-i-smoked-opium-and-i-also-took-lsd-for-a-while-quite-a-lot/)

[Wolfgang Beltracchi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wolfgang-beltracchi/)

> [I wouldn't be ashamed to sell my own art for a lot of money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-beltracchi/i-wouldn-t-be-ashamed-to-sell-my-own-art-for-a-lot-of-money/)

[Wolfgang Beltracchi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-beltracchi/for-the-cynic-art-is-defined-through-money-that-of-course-is-a-very/)

[Wolfgang Beltracchi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wolfgang-beltracchi/)

> [In a legal sense, I am a convicted criminal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-beltracchi/in-a-legal-sense-i-am-a-convicted-criminal/)

[Wolfgang Beltracchi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-beltracchi/the-interesting-thing-is-that-in-everyday-life-i-fail-to-see-the-most/)

[Wolfgang Beltracchi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-beltracchi/you-can-t-paint-pictures-of-love-you-can-only-imagine-them-so-i/)

[Wolfgang Beltracchi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-beltracchi/i-lived-on-a-houseboat-in-amsterdam-for-a-year-it-was-intense-and-it/)

[Wolfgang Beltracchi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wolfgang-beltracchi/)

> [I can paint anything. Leonardo? Of course. But why? You couldn't sell it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-beltracchi/i-can-paint-anything-leonardo-of-course-but-why-you-couldn-t-sell-it/)

[Wolfgang Beltracchi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-beltracchi/i-never-decided-to-become-an-art-forger-i-was-aware-of-my-talent-at/)

[Wolfgang Beltracchi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-beltracchi/i-once-went-to-a-demonstration-in-aachen-against-fare-increases-on/)

[Wolfgang Beltracchi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-beltracchi/i-think-that-the-most-important-requirement-is-to-capture-the-essence/)

[Wolfgang Beltracchi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-beltracchi/one-is-a-criminal-to-some-people-and-an-artist-to-others-i-can/)

[Wolfgang Beltracchi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wolfgang-beltracchi/)

> [No one ever ordered anything from me. I painted because I wanted to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-beltracchi/no-one-ever-ordered-anything-from-me-i-painted-because-i-wanted-to/)

[Wolfgang Beltracchi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wolfgang-beltracchi/)

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