Gerhard Richter Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“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.”

“Without form, communication stops... without form, you have everybody burbling on to themselves, whenever and however, things that no one else can understand and - rightly - no one else is interested in.”

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

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

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

“I can't paint as well as Vermeer.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”