"Art really is something very difficult. It is……" — Anselm Kiefer
"Art really is something very difficult. It is difficult to make, and it is sometimes difficult for the viewer to understand. It is difficult to work out what is art and what is not art."
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28 Quotes by Anselm Kiefer
Anselm Kiefer has 28 quotes on this site.
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I am interested in reconstructing symbols. It's about connecting with an older knowledge and trying to discover continuities in why…
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As a child I had no toys; our house was bombed, but there were lots of bricks. Ruins are wonderful…
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History is formed by the people, those who have power and those without power. Each one of us makes history.
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When, at the end of the 1960s, I became interested in the Nazi era, it was a taboo subject in…
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I believe in empty spaces; they're the most wonderful thing.
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Ruins, for me, are the beginning. With the debris, you can construct new ideas. They are symbols of a beginning.
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The book, the idea of a book or the image of a book, is a symbol of learning, of transmitting…
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Life is an illusion. I am held together in the nothingness by art.
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Art is longing. You never arrive, but you keep going in the hope that you will.
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As an artist you have to find something that deeply interests you. It's not enough to make art that is…
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What does the artist do? He draws connections. He ties the invisible threads between things. He dives into history, be…
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Art is difficult. Its not entertainment.
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It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.
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Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for…
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Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers.
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