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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

Topics: Before Every Full Important Important Things Interesting Interesting Things Museum Nice Nice Things Now Opposite Serious Things

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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

Topics: Achievement Boundless Concepts Concerns Conducive Ideologies Indefinite Lead Like Mastery May More Names No Time Opinions Other Publicity Qualities Specialized Success Themes Things Time Uncertainty Variations Working

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

~Gerhard Richter

Topics: Absent Color Gray Important Most Nothing Opinion The Most Important

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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

Topics: Basic Capacities Dancing Human Like Make Most Painting Sense Singing Something Stay Still Sure Us Very

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

~Gerhard Richter

Topics: Almost Art General Good Good Art Holy Painting Something Spiritual

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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

Topics: About Almost Any Because Become Create Crises Fed Fed Up Finally Get Go Kind Little Longer Myself Paint Perhaps Push Secret Self-Conscious Stand Strategy Talk Until Up Want Weeks

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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

Topics: Able Because Boundaries Calls Did Draws Even Father Got Halt Liked Longer Me Much Naive Necessary Nobody Stay Stopping Whenever Wrong

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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

Topics: Atheist Believe Built Christian Culture Even Formed History Just Me Our Way I Believe

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

~Gerhard Richter

Topics: About Art Joke Laugh Like Serious Should

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I believe in painting and I believe in eating too. What can we do? We have to eat, we have to paint, we have to live. Of course, there are different ways to survive. But it's my best option.

~Gerhard Richter

Topics: Believe Best Course Different Different Ways Eat Eating Live Option Paint Painting Survive To Survive Too Ways I Believe I Believe In

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Biography

Nationality: German

Type: Artist

Born: February 9th, 1932

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