Gray is the color... the most important of all... absent of opinion, nothing, neither/nor.
From Gerhard Richter
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.
I have always been structured. What has changed is the proportions. Now it is eight hours of paperwork and one of painting.
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.
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.'
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.
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.
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.
It's our culture, Christian history, that's what formed me. Even as an atheist, I believe. We're just built that way.
I don't believe in God.
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