One is a criminal to some people and an artist to others. I can understand that. In a legal sense, I am a convicted criminal.

- Wolfgang Beltracchi

For the cynic, art is defined through money. That, of course, is a very sad statement. But an artist is someone who does creative things.

- Wolfgang Beltracchi

I think that the most important requirement is to capture the essence of a piece of art. You look at it, essentially absorb it, and you have to be ab…

- Wolfgang Beltracchi

The trick is to paint a picture that doesn't exist, and yet that fits perfectly into an artist's body of work.

- Wolfgang Beltracchi

Most forgers are caught because they tell the wrong person about what they do.

- Wolfgang Beltracchi

The interesting thing is that in everyday life, I fail to see the most ordinary things. I often stumble and sometimes I even fall over. But when I dr…

- Wolfgang Beltracchi

Every philharmonic orchestra merely interprets the composer. My goal was to create new music by that composer. In doing so, I wanted to find the pain…

- Wolfgang Beltracchi

In a legal sense, I am a convicted criminal.

- Wolfgang Beltracchi

I can paint anything. Leonardo? Of course. But why? You couldn't sell it.

- Wolfgang Beltracchi