"Because of my Calvinistic upbringing, I was trained……" — Anselm Kiefer

"Because of my Calvinistic upbringing, I was trained to think that what you do has to have a purpose."

— Anselm Kiefer

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28 Quotes by Anselm Kiefer

Anselm Kiefer has 28 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

I am interested in reconstructing symbols. It's about connecting with an older knowledge and trying to discover continuities in why…
As a child I had no toys; our house was bombed, but there were lots of bricks. Ruins are wonderful…
History is formed by the people, those who have power and those without power. Each one of us makes history.
When, at the end of the 1960s, I became interested in the Nazi era, it was a taboo subject in…
I believe in empty spaces; they're the most wonderful thing.
Ruins, for me, are the beginning. With the debris, you can construct new ideas. They are symbols of a beginning.
The book, the idea of a book or the image of a book, is a symbol of learning, of transmitting…
Life is an illusion. I am held together in the nothingness by art.
Art is longing. You never arrive, but you keep going in the hope that you will.
As an artist you have to find something that deeply interests you. It's not enough to make art that is…
What does the artist do? He draws connections. He ties the invisible threads between things. He dives into history, be…
Art is difficult. Its not entertainment.

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More Calvinistic Quotes

This quote is filed under Calvinistic Quotes, one of 7 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

Golf: A plague invented by the Calvinistic Scots as a punishment for man's sins. — James Reston
Far be it for me to imagine that Zion contains none but Calvinistic Christians within her walls, or that there… — Charles Spurgeon
The Augustinian doctrine of the damnation of unbaptized infants and the Calvinistic doctrine of reprobation . . . surpass in… — William Edward Hartpole Lecky
To square the records, however, it should be said that if the Calvinist does not rise as high, he usually… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Above the comforts of Base Camp, the expedition in fact became an almost Calvinistic undertaking. The ratio of misery to… — Jon Krakauer
I feel a responsibility to myself, and not so much for the world at large. Because of my Calvinistic upbringing,… — Anton Corbijn

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