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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

Topics: Architectural Arranging Could Day Every Every Day Go Life Love Making Models My Life Paint Plans Playing Spend Studio Things I Love

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Now that we do not have priests and philosophers any more, artists are the most important people in the world.

~Gerhard Richter

Topics: Any Artists Important Important People More Most Now People Philosophers Priests The Most Important World

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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

Topics: Anything Begin Canvas Changing Condition Destroying Practically React Smear Then Theoretically Want I Can

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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

Topics: Anymore Children Culture Dancing Doing Entertaining Entertaining People Facility Hand Having Interested Just Making More Music Need Other Painting People Seems Stop

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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

Topics: Ability Art Better Cameras Computers Faster Hand Just Lost Photography Qualities Some Something Still

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I don't believe in God.

~Gerhard Richter

Topics: Believe God

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

~Gerhard Richter

Topics: Affect Because Family Frequently Me Most Painted Really Who

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I am ridiculously old-fashioned.

~Gerhard Richter

Topics: Am Old-Fashioned Ridiculously I Am

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Chance determines our lives in important ways.

~Gerhard Richter

Topics: Chance Determines Important Lives Our Our Lives Ways

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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

Topics: Arrogance Big Created Dare Great Important Important Work Paintings Saying Someone Think Understand Work

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Biography

Nationality: German

Type: Artist

Born: February 9th, 1932

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