Otto Dix

All art is exorcism. I paint dreams and visions too; the dreams and visions of my time. Painting is the effort to produce order; order in yourself. There is much chaos in me, much chaos in our time. ↗

— Otto Dix

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I have to experience all the ghastly, bottomless depths for life for myself; it's for that reason that I went to war, and for that reason I volunteered. ↗

— Otto Dix

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I will either be famous or infamous. ↗

— Otto Dix

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I'm not that obsessed with making representations of ugliness. Everything I've seen is beautiful. ↗

— Otto Dix

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Not that painting would have been a release. The reason for doing it is the desire to create. I've got to do it! I've seen that, I can still remember it, I've got to paint it. ↗

— Otto Dix

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You know, if one paints someone's portrait, one should not know him if possible. ↗

— Otto Dix

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