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Continue to ChatA work of art is itself an object, first of all, and so manipulation is unavoidable: it's a prerequisite. But I needed the greater objectivity of the photograph in order to correct my own way of seeing: for instance, if I draw an object from nature, I start to stylize and to change it in accordance with my personal vision and my training. But if I paint from a photograph, I can forget all the criteria that I get from these sources. I can paint against my will, as it were. And that, to me, felt like an enrichment. - Gerhard Richter from https://whatsmyquote.com/quote/a-work-of-art-is-itself-an-object-first-of-all-and-so-manipulation-is-unavoidable-it-s-a-prerequisite-but-i