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Gerhard Richter
Gerhard Richter
German Artist
Born: Feb 9, 1932
Art Because Believe Culture Important Painting
Related authors: Albert Oehlen Albrecht Durer Anselm Kiefer Hans Hofmann Josef Albers Kathe Kollwitz Martin Kippenberger Rudolf Arnheim
Politicians are nauseating by definition... They can produce nothing, neither a loaf of bread nor a table nor a picture; and this inability to create value, this total inferiority, makes them jealous, vengeful, insolent and a menace to life and limb. Gerhard Richter
Life Jealous Inferiority Value Picture Politicians Nothing Definition Neither Table Total Menace Insolent Vengeful Limb Makes Nor Bread Inability Them Produce Create Loaf
I have no time for specialized concerns, working themes or variations that lead to mastery... I like the indefinite, the boundless; I like continual uncertainty. Other qualities may be more conducive to achievement, publicity, success; but they are all outworn - as outworn as ideologies, opinions, concepts and names for things. Gerhard Richter
Success Time Achievement Other Indefinite Variations More Uncertainty No Time Lead Boundless Like Names Concepts Qualities Concerns Ideologies Mastery Opinions Conducive May Themes Working Specialized Publicity 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
Important Important Things Before Nice Every Opposite Interesting Interesting Things Full Nice Things Serious Now Things Museum
I'm still very sure that painting is one of the most basic human capacities, like dancing and singing, that make sense, that stay with us, as something human. Gerhard Richter
Singing Sense Painting Dancing Stay Something Like Most Make Sure Still Very Human Capacities Us Basic
Art should be serious, not a joke. I don't like to laugh about art. Gerhard Richter
Art Joke Laugh About Like Should Serious
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
Work Saying Great Arrogance Important Big Think Dare Someone Understand Important Work Created Paintings
When I begin, theoretically and practically I can smear anything I want on the canvas. Then there's a condition I have to react to, by changing it or destroying it. Gerhard Richter
Changing Destroying Smear React Practically Condition Begin Want Anything Canvas Then Theoretically
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
Painting Think Worse Worst Worst Thing Hospital Observation Than Being Thing
People won't stop painting, just as they won't stop making music or dancing. This is a facility we have. Children don't stop doing it or having it. On the other hand, it seems we don't need painting anymore. Culture is more interested in entertaining people. Gerhard Richter
Music Culture People Painting Other Dancing Entertaining Entertaining People Seems Having More Facility Making Doing Hand Just Stop Children Anymore Interested Need
We've lost these qualities, these abilities to do something by hand. Some illustrators have it still, but it's just not art. We have photography. We have cameras and computers that do it better and faster. Gerhard Richter
Art Photography Better Lost Faster Ability Some Something Computers Qualities Still Cameras Hand Just
A father draws boundaries and calls a halt, whenever necessary. As I didn't have that, I was able to stay childishly naive that much longer - so I did what I liked, because there was nobody stopping me, even when I got it wrong. Gerhard Richter
Me Father Draws Stay Able Wrong Boundaries Naive Nobody Longer Liked Calls Because Got Halt Did Stopping Whenever Much Even Necessary
I don't believe in God. Gerhard Richter
God Believe
I have always been structured. What has changed is the proportions. Now it is eight hours of paperwork and one of painting. Gerhard Richter
Painting Changed Paperwork Structured Proportions Hours Always Been Eight Now
I go to the studio every day, but I don't paint every day. I love playing with my architectural models. I love making plans. I could spend my life arranging things. Gerhard Richter
Life Love Day Every Day My Life Every Spend Architectural Could Studio Making Arranging Go Models Plans Paint Things Playing
Weeks go by, and I don't paint until finally I can't stand it any longer. I get fed up. I almost don't want to talk about it, because I don't want to become self-conscious about it, but perhaps I create these little crises as a kind of a secret strategy to push myself. Gerhard Richter
Myself Become Strategy Secret Finally Crises Kind About Fed Fed Up Weeks Push Self-Conscious Almost Longer Perhaps Talk Until Because Go Up Get Any Want Little Create Stand Paint
Now that we do not have priests and philosophers any more, artists are the most important people in the world. Gerhard Richter
People World Important Philosophers More Priests Most Important People Any Artists The Most Important Now
I can't paint as well as Vermeer. Gerhard Richter
Well Paint
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
Art Myself Great Obligations Culture Lost Rich Painting See General Vast Which Places Heir Us

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