"I am in a state of constant despair about my powerlessness, the impossibility of accomplishing anything, of painting a true, valid picture, especially of knowing what such a picture should look like; but at the same time I always have the hope that it will succeed, that it will result from the simple fact of continuing - a hope that is often nourished by the fact that in places, in glimpses, something does indeed appear that recalls or hints at what is desired. succeed, result from the simple fact of continuing – a hope that is often nourished by the fact that in places, in glimpses, something does indeed appear that recalls or hints at what is desired, although more often than not I am only teased, so that what I momentarily saw disappears and only the usual remains."

 

Gerhard Richter