Quotes from Odd Nerdrum

I have always been astonished by hate. Revenge and hate. That is such strange human elements. I have seen a lot of that in my life. I am just as surprised each time. By revenge and hate.

If a girl is in love with a poor guy and chooses him, then that is worst for her. If she chooses a rich man, it will be to her advantage. Everything will be fine.

To be contemporary actually means to be an artist. [But] I do not feel contemporary in my work. I perceive my work as old-fashioned. It does not have a frame of actuality in our time or locality.

Because modernism has conquered art, kitsch is the savior of talent and devotion.

Kitsch is deep in its superficiality. Art is superficially deep.

If you fall asleep on horseback, the horse will stop by the rock. Art is a car. Kitsch is a horse.

Art is a car, kitsch is a horse.