"Architecture was, or is, a kind of hobby,……" — Gerhard Richter
"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 tools, or designing houses ... it always has a functional or social motivation. If social changes are in the air, I am gripped immediately by the desire to build, and I think that I accelerate or anticipate changes in my life by doing so, at least in draft. In the case of my house, that was anticipation: in other words, first build, then change one's life."
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150 Quotes by Gerhard Richter
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Now there are no priests or philosophers left, artists are the most important people in the world.
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Art is the highest form of hope.
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My paintings are wiser than I am.
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