"I might have been born into a very……" — Anselm Kiefer
"I might have been born into a very literal sense of chaos, but in fact that state is true of all of us."
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28 Quotes by Anselm Kiefer
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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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