Alfred Schnittke was an important contemporary composer, and he lived in Germany, but no one here has heard of him. Everyone has heard of Mozart, and many believe that he can still be found in that little house in Salzburg, which is why people stand there in line. I think that our music and our art belong to our era. If the public doesn't show up, it must be stupid.
Georg BaselitzUnlike the expressionists, I have never been interested in renewing the world through the vehicle of art.
Georg BaselitzI dont want to create a monster; I want to make something which is new, exceptional, something that only I do...something that references tradition, but is still new.
Georg BaselitzWhen Michael Werner saw a painting of mine, such as Die grosse Nacht im Eimer, which back then nobody wanted and everybody thought was ridiculous, he realized that this was the right provocation, that it represented the feeling of the times in the right way.
Georg Baselitz