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Gerhard Richter quotes: I'm trying to paint a picture of what I have seen and what moved me, as well as I can. That's all.

I'm trying to paint a picture of what I have seen and what moved me, as well as I can. That's all.

Gerhard Richter quotes: I don't think I can do this - painting under observation. It's the worst thing there is, worse than being in the hospital.

I don't think I can do this - painting under observation. It's the worst thing there is, worse than being in the hospital.

Gerhard Richter quotes: I like everything that has no style: dictionaries, photographs, nature, myself and my paintings. (Because style is violent, and I am not violent.)

I like everything that has no style: dictionaries, photographs, nature, myself and my paintings. (Because style is violent, and I am not violent.)

Gerhard Richter quotes: I believe that art has a kind of rightness, as in music, when we hear whether or not a note is false

I believe that art has a kind of rightness, as in music, when we hear whether or not a note is false

Gerhard Richter quotes: I want pictorial content without sentiment, but I want it as human as possible

I want pictorial content without sentiment, but I want it as human as possible

Gerhard Richter quotes: Art shows us how to see things that are constructive and good, and to be an active part of that.

Art shows us how to see things that are constructive and good, and to be an active part of that.

Gerhard Richter quotes: It's our culture, Christian history, that's what formed me. Even as an atheist, I believe. We're just built that way.

It's our culture, Christian history, that's what formed me. Even as an atheist, I believe. We're just built that way.

Gerhard Richter quotes: I choose depending on the way I feel; randomly, in other words. When I haven't done anything for a long time, I always start small, on paper.

I choose depending on the way I feel; randomly, in other words. When I haven't done anything for a long time, I always start small, on paper.

Gerhard Richter quotes: Gray is the color ... the most important of all ... absent of opinion, nothing, neither/nor.

Gray is the color ... the most important of all ... absent of opinion, nothing, neither/nor.

Gerhard Richter quotes: To believe, one must have lost God. To paint, one must have lost art.

To believe, one must have lost God. To paint, one must have lost art.

Gerhard Richter quotes: To make a photograph is already the first artificial act.

To make a photograph is already the first artificial act.

Gerhard Richter quotes: Art should be serious, not a joke. I don't like to laugh about art.

Art should be serious, not a joke. I don't like to laugh about art.

Gerhard Richter quotes: I believe that the quintessential task of every painter in any time has been to concentrate on the essential.

I believe that the quintessential task of every painter in any time has been to concentrate on the essential.

Gerhard Richter quotes: I have painted my family so frequently because they are the one who really affect me the most.

I have painted my family so frequently because they are the one who really affect me the most.

Gerhard Richter quotes: My paintings are wiser than I am.

My paintings are wiser than I am.

Gerhard Richter quotes: When I look back on the townscapes now, they do seem to me to recall certain images of the destruction of Dresden during the war.

When I look back on the townscapes now, they do seem to me to recall certain images of the destruction of Dresden during the war.

Gerhard Richter quotes: I do see myself as the heir to a vast, great, rich culture of painting - of art in general - which we have lost, but which places obligations on

I do see myself as the heir to a vast, great, rich culture of painting - of art in general - which we have lost, but which places obligations on us.

Gerhard Richter quotes: Art is the highest form of hope.

Art is the highest form of hope.

Gerhard Richter quotes: I have always been structured. What has changed is the proportions. Now it is eight hours of paperwork and one of painting.

I have always been structured. What has changed is the proportions. Now it is eight hours of paperwork and one of painting.

Gerhard Richter quotes: I don't create blurs. Blurring is not the most important thing; nor is it an identity tag for my pictures.

I don't create blurs. Blurring is not the most important thing; nor is it an identity tag for my pictures.

Gerhard Richter quotes: Chance determines our lives in important ways.

Chance determines our lives in important ways.

Gerhard Richter quotes: Good art in general aspires to something, as a good painting aspires to something, almost spiritual or holy.

Good art in general aspires to something, as a good painting aspires to something, almost spiritual or holy.

Gerhard Richter quotes: They are specific places I have discovered here and there when I am on the road to take photos. I go especially to take photos.

They are specific places I have discovered here and there when I am on the road to take photos. I go especially to take photos.

Gerhard Richter quotes: Picturing things, taking a view, is what makes us human; art is making sense and giving shape to that sense. It is like the religious search for God.

Picturing things, taking a view, is what makes us human; art is making sense and giving shape to that sense. It is like the religious search for God.

Gerhard Richter quotes: Every museum is full of nice things. That's the opposite of before. It was important things or serious things. Now we have interesting things.

Every museum is full of nice things. That's the opposite of before. It was important things or serious things. Now we have interesting things.

Gerhard Richter quotes: When I make a representation of something, this, too, is an analogy to what exists; I make an effort to get a grip on the thing by depicting it.

When I make a representation of something, this, too, is an analogy to what exists; I make an effort to get a grip on the thing by depicting it.

Gerhard Richter quotes: I believe that he knew more what he was doing. I might be absolutely wrong about this, but that was my impression.

I believe that he knew more what he was doing. I might be absolutely wrong about this, but that was my impression.

Gerhard Richter quotes: Throwaway snapshots come closest to achieving the state of pure picture.

Throwaway snapshots come closest to achieving the state of pure picture.

Gerhard Richter quotes: If the abstract paintings show my reality, then the landscapes and still-lifes show my yearning.

If the abstract paintings show my reality, then the landscapes and still-lifes show my yearning.

Gerhard Richter quotes: I can't paint as well as Vermeer.

I can't paint as well as Vermeer.

Gerhard Richter quotes: All photographs are far more important than any painting.

All photographs are far more important than any painting.

Gerhard Richter quotes: I don't believe in the reality of painting, so I use different styles like clothes: it's a way to disguise myself.

I don't believe in the reality of painting, so I use different styles like clothes: it's a way to disguise myself.

Gerhard Richter quotes: I don't dare to think my paintings are great. I can't understand the arrogance of someone saying, 'I have created a big, important work.'

I don't dare to think my paintings are great. I can't understand the arrogance of someone saying, 'I have created a big, important work.'

Gerhard Richter quotes: Well, I don't believe there are subjects that can't be painted, but there are a lot of things that I personally can't paint.

Well, I don't believe there are subjects that can't be painted, but there are a lot of things that I personally can't paint.

Gerhard Richter quotes: Art is the ideal medium for making contact with the transcendental, or at least for getting close to it.

Art is the ideal medium for making contact with the transcendental, or at least for getting close to it.

Gerhard Richter quotes: Abstract pictures are fictive models, because they make visible a reality that we can neither see nor describe, but whose existence we can postulate.

Abstract pictures are fictive models, because they make visible a reality that we can neither see nor describe, but whose existence we can postulate.

Gerhard Richter quotes: I often need a long time to understand things, to imagine a painting I might make.

I often need a long time to understand things, to imagine a painting I might make.

Gerhard Richter quotes: Painting is consequently an almost blind, desperate effort, like that of a person abandoned, helpless, in totally incomprehensible surroundings.

Painting is consequently an almost blind, desperate effort, like that of a person abandoned, helpless, in totally incomprehensible surroundings.

Gerhard Richter quotes: How could one be in this world without feeling dismayed by it? Even if one paints flowers and gingerbread.

How could one be in this world without feeling dismayed by it? Even if one paints flowers and gingerbread.

Gerhard Richter quotes: I never worked at painting as if it were a job; it was always out of interest or for fun, a desire to try something.

I never worked at painting as if it were a job; it was always out of interest or for fun, a desire to try something.

Gerhard Richter quotes: I pursue no intentions, no directions; I have no program, no style and no mission.

I pursue no intentions, no directions; I have no program, no style and no mission.

Gerhard Richter quotes: It is a danger to wait around for an idea to occur to you. You have to find the idea.

It is a danger to wait around for an idea to occur to you. You have to find the idea.