“All German painters have a neurosis with Germany's past: war, the postwar period most of all, East Germany. I addressed all of this in a deep depression and under great pressure. My paintings are battles, if you will.” WarPastPaintingBattlePainter Author:Georg Baselitz
“As an artist, I have been a risk-taker. And I've done a lot of different things. I don't make it easy for people. Identification is difficult. One doesn't recognize my art right away.” PeopleArtDifferentDoneArtistEasyDifficult Author:Georg Baselitz
“I always knew where I needed to go but I sometimes had a problem getting there, so I had to work harder at it. Once in a while I'd wanna take off the blouse and heels because I'd get that "I just wanna be a guy" feeling I had when growing up.” SometimesFeelingsProblemGuyGrowing UpHard WorkHeelsWork Harder Author:Philip Seymour Hoffman
“No one who looks at my paintings can see whether a painting is upside down or not anymore. I've made or developed so many image models that some people have given up trying to keep track of me. But others have only one or two ways of doing things and are successful with that.” PeopleTryingSuccessfulPaintingTrackUpside Down Author:Georg Baselitz
“I don't paint over my paintings with black paint. I paint black paintings. It isn't because I'm sad, just as I didn't paint red paintings yesterday because I was happy. Nor will I paint yellow paintings tomorrow because I'm jealous.” BlackPaintingTomorrowPaintJealous Author:Georg Baselitz
“My mother's a staunch feminist, so I grew up with very strong feminist messages. As a result, I battled her in my teenage years because my image of being a man was a deformed one.” MenStrongFeministVery StrongTeenageTeenage Years Author:Philip Seymour Hoffman
“I was a breed of people who aren't capable of doing anything, really. At college I began to get the idea that being macho wasn't the accepted norm in the liberal world, and especially the world I entered into, which was the artistic world. I had a lot of problems with that because I was struggling with the need to be proud of being a man, which wasn't something I was feeling.” PeopleMenWorldFeelingsProblemStruggleCollegeProudCapableAcceptedArtisticBe ProudNormMacho Author:Philip Seymour Hoffman
“I think the defect actually lies with male artists. Male artists often border on idiocy, while it's important for a woman not to be that way, if possible. Women are outstanding in science, just as good as men.” ThinkingMenImportantLyingArtistIdiocy Author:Georg Baselitz
“A painter doesn't need any talent. In fact, it's better not to have it.” TalentPainter Author:Georg Baselitz