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Continue to ChatWhen I first painted a number of canvases grey all over (about eight years ago), I did so because I did not know what to paint, or what there might be to paint: so wretched a start could lead to nothing meaningful. As time went on, however, I observed differences of quality among the grey surfaces - and also that these betrayed nothing of the destructive motivation that lay behind them. The pictures began to teach me. By generalizing a personal dilemma, they resolved it. - Gerhard Richter from https://whatsmyquote.com/quote/when-i-first-painted-a-number-of-canvases-grey-all-over-about-eight-years-ago-i-did-so-because-i-did-not-know