Paigola

"One has to believe in what one is doing, one has to commit oneself inwardly, in order to do painting. Once obsessed, one ultimately carries it to the point of believing that one might change human beings through painting. But if one lacks this passionate commitment, there is nothing left to do. Then it is best to leave it alone. For basically painting is total idiocy."

And

"Painging is at once 'intrinsically capable of giving form to our best, most human, most humane qualities' and 'total idiocy'."

Thank you Gerhard Richter for your words of wisdom.