“The idea of changing or improving the world is alien to me and seems ludicrous. Society functions, and always has, without the artist. No artist has ever changed anything for better or worse.” WorldIdeasSeemsArtistChangeChangedFunctionAliensImproving Author:Georg Baselitz
“I begin with an idea, but as I work, the picture takes over. Then there is the struggle between the idea I preconceived... and the picture that fights for its own life.” IdeasFightingStruggleLife Struggle Author:Georg Baselitz
“I always work out of uncertainty but when a painting's finished it becomes a fixed idea, apparently a final statement. In time though, uncertainty returns.. your thought process goes on.” IdeasArtistProcessPaintingGoes OnReturnFinalsWork OutFinishedStatementsUncertaintyFixedThought Process Book:Georg Baselitz: Collected Writings and Interviews Source: Georg Baselitz: Collected Writings and Interviews
