"If I do something that depresses, it's not……" — Anselm Kiefer
"If I do something that depresses, it's not because I'm depressed, but because political life and history is depressing."
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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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I couldn't be with someone who is depressed all the time.
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If I didn't try to eavesdrop on every bus ride I take or look for the humor when I go…
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Retirement from work has depressed many a man and hastened his death.
— Ezra Taft Benson
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I just got tired of being sick and tired and feeling down. Unfortunately, you don't realize this until you're getting…
— Steven Adler
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Because, you know, resilience - if you think of it in terms of the Gold Rush, then you'd be pretty…
— Jeff Bezos
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As a child I always wanted to be a singer. The music my mother played in the house moved me…
— Mary J. Blige
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Music makes us want to live. You don't know how many times people have told me that they'd been down…
— Mary J. Blige
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When women are depressed, they eat or go shopping. Men invade another country. It's a whole different way of thinking.
— Elayne Boosler
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My mum taught me to knit when I was a child, and I turn to it, for some weird reason,…
— Jo Brand
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There is a difference between executive producing and producing. Producing, you have no life for two years. You take everything…
— Sandra Bullock
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I used to get out of bed sometimes and feel depressed and watched a lot of reruns on TV to…
— Sandra Bullock
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The political system is broken, the economy is broken and so is society. That is why people are so depressed…
— David Cameron
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