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Been Quotes by Gerhard Richter
- Art is not a substitute religion: it is a religion (in the true sense of the word: 'binding back', 'binding' to the unknowable, transcending reason,…
- Of course I constantly despair at my own incapacity, at the impossibility of ever accomplishing anything, of painting a valid, true picture or even knowing…
- I believe that the quintessential task of every painter in any time has been to concentrate on the essential.
- It's that same quality I've been talking about. It's neither contrived, nor surprising and smart, not baffling, not witty, not interesting, not cynical, it can't…
- I was a student, and as such you generally rely on prior models of how to make art, but these were not satisfying. Then I…
- The desire to please is maligned, unfairly. There are many sides to it. First of all, pictures have to arouse interest before people will even…
- Painting is my profession, because it has always been the thing that interested me most. I'm of a certain age, I come from a different…
- I have always been structured. What has changed is the proportions. Now it is eight hours of paperwork and one of painting.
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