“I perceive art as something that should extend a person. When a person doesn’t strive, when he doesn’t strain, he is a reduced being. That is to his disadvantage, because a reduced person is not only a lesser person—he also knows much less of himself.”
[Arnulf Rainer, year unknown, in: Carl Aigner (Ed.): Arnulf Rainer: Abgrundtiefe-Perspektiefe; Retrospektive 1947-1997. Vienna et. al.: Brandstätter, 1997. p. 148]