Gerhard Richter Quote

Of course, pictures of objects also have this transcendental side to them. Every object, being part of an ultimately incomprehensible world, also embodies that world; when represented in a picture, the object conveys this mystery all the more powerfully, the less of a 'function' the picture has. Hence, for instance, the growing fascination of many beautiful old portraits.


Gerhard Richter: text : writings, interviews and letters, 1961-2007 (ed. 2009)


Of course, pictures of objects also have this transcendental side to them. Every object, being part of an ultimately incomprehensible world, also...

Of course, pictures of objects also have this transcendental side to them. Every object, being part of an ultimately incomprehensible world, also...

Of course, pictures of objects also have this transcendental side to them. Every object, being part of an ultimately incomprehensible world, also...

Of course, pictures of objects also have this transcendental side to them. Every object, being part of an ultimately incomprehensible world, also...