My art was not an answer - it was a question.

- Gottfried Helnwein

Imaginations and illusions are always so much more powerful and bigger than this mediocre and boring thing called reality.

- Gottfried Helnwein

I feel there is a strong bond between artists and children and all other sacred fools.

- Gottfried Helnwein

The first time I saw a picture of Elvis - I was in a state of shock, because I couldn't believe that a human being could be so beautiful.

- Gottfried Helnwein

Warhol is the pre-Helnwein.

- Gottfried Helnwein

In retrospect I would say from Donald Duck I have learned more about life than from all the schools I ever attended.

- Gottfried Helnwein

Art is a weapon for me, with which I can strike back.

- Gottfried Helnwein

Not only do I think that he is highly intelligent but also outstandingly educated. ... He is extremely beautiful, fragile and totally unearthly. I al…

- Gottfried Helnwein

When I started to paint, I painted children because I just felt that I wanted to take their side. What always upset me was how children are getting a…

- Gottfried Helnwein