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One Quotes by Gerhard Richter
- 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…
- How could one be in this world without feeling dismayed by it? Even if one paints flowers and gingerbread.
- Without form, communication stops... without form, you have everybody burbling on to themselves, whenever and however, things that no one else can understand and -…
- Composition is a side issue. Its role in my selection of photographs is a negative one at best. By which I mean that the fascination…
- Contact with like-minded painters - a group means a great deal to me: nothing comes in isolation. We have worked out our ideas largely by…
- Perhaps the choice is a negative one, in that I was trying to avoid everything that touched on well-known issues - or any issues at…
- ... landscapes or still-lifes I paint in between the abstract works; they constitute about one-tenth of my production. On the one hand they are useful,…
- The grey paintings, for example, a painted grey surface, completely monochromatic - they come from a motivation, or result from a state, that was very…
- There is sorrow, but I hope one can see that it is sorrow for the people who died so young and so crazy, for nothing.…
- I see the bomber pictures as an anti-war statement... which they aren't - at all. Pictures like that don't do anything to combat war. They…
- In 1981, I think, for the Kunsthalle in Düsseldorf. Before that I designed a mirror room for Kasper König's Westkunst show, but it was never…
- I started doing 'figures', then, one day, all of a sudden, I started doing abstraction. And then I started doing both. But it was never…
- The grey is certainly inspired by the photo-paintings, and, of course, it's related to the fact that I think grey is an important colour -…
- Only about one per cent of my paintings show family members. Do they help me deal with problems? It's likely that these problems can only…
- Architecture was, or is, a kind of hobby, an inclination I have to fiddling around and building things. Putting up shelves or cupboards, or making…
- 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 painted my family so frequently because they are the one who really affect me the most.
- 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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