"Ruins, for me, are the beginning. With the……" — Anselm Kiefer
"Ruins, for me, are the beginning. With the debris, you can construct new ideas. They are symbols of a beginning."
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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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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 might have been born into a very literal sense of chaos, but in fact that state is true of…
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The beginning of Canadian cultural nationalism was not 'Am I really that oppressed?' but 'Am I really that boring?'
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The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.
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It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.
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Begin - to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished.
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