What does the artist do? He draws connections. He ties the invisible threads between things. He dives into history, be it the history of mankind, the geological history of the Earth or the beginning and end of the manifest cosmos. — Anselm Kiefer Copy Share Image
I grew up in a forest. It's like a room. It's protected. Like a cathedral... it is a place between heaven and earth. — Anselm Kiefer Copy Share Image
Art really is something very difficult. It is difficult to make, and it is sometimes difficult for the viewer to understand. It is difficult… — Anselm Kiefer Copy Share Image
What does the artist do? He draws connections. He ties the invisible threads between things. He dives into history, be it the history of… — Anselm Kiefer Copy Share Image
History is formed by the people, those who have power and those without power. Each one of us makes history. — Anselm Kiefer Copy Share Image
Art is difficult. It's not entertainment. There are only a few people who can say something about art - it's very restricted. When I… — Anselm Kiefer Copy Share Image
I might have been born into a very literal sense of chaos, but in fact that state is true of all of us. — Anselm Kiefer Copy Share Image
I am against the idea of the end, that everything culminates in paradise or judgment. — Anselm Kiefer Copy Share Image
Ruins, for me, are the beginning. With the debris, you can construct new ideas. They are symbols of a beginning. — Anselm Kiefer Copy Share Image
I believe art has to take responsibility but it should not give up being art. — Anselm Kiefer Copy Share Image
I am of the opinion that there are artists and non-artists. I think that this is the way it always was and always will… — Anselm Kiefer Copy Share Image
I was interested in transcendence from a very early age. I was interested in what was over there, what was behind life. So when… — Anselm Kiefer Copy Share Image
