Art Quote by Anselm Kiefer

“Art maybe the only space where an indvidual can be utterly free to question himself, as well as his relationship to his God”

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Art really is something very difficult. It is difficult to make, and it is sometimes difficult for the viewer to understand. It is difficult…

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What does the artist do? He draws connections. He ties the invisible threads between things. He dives into history, be it the history of…

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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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Art is difficult. It's not entertainment.

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Art is difficult. It's not entertainment. There are only a few people who can say something about art - it's very restricted. When I…

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When knowledge becomes rigid, it stops living.

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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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I am against the idea of the end, that everything culminates in paradise or judgment.

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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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I believe art has to take responsibility but it should not give up being art.

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I am of the opinion that there are artists and non-artists. I think that this is the way it always was and always will…

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I was interested in transcendence from a very early age. I was interested in what was over there, what was behind life. So when…

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I think most artists feel like they're outside society - no matter how many accolades they receive, or how much money is in your…

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The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science.

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That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you.

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“So, really," continued Jacob as if this were perfectly normal to expound on art in these circumstances, "when you think about it, the artists who make people stop and think, who push the form, who make you uncomfortable, who are laughable, well, they're the ones who get remembered." Idly, Jacob dug a hole in the snow with his shovel and…

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