All Anselm Kiefer Quotes
- I am interested in reconstructing symbols. It's about connecting with an older knowledge and trying to discover continuities in why we search for heaven, Connecting
- As a child I had no toys; our house was bombed, but there were lots of bricks. Ruins are wonderful because they are the beginning… Beginning
- History is formed by the people, those who have power and those without power. Each one of us makes history. Each
- When, at the end of the 1960s, I became interested in the Nazi era, it was a taboo subject in Germany. No one spoke about… Anymore
- I believe in empty spaces; they're the most wonderful thing. Believe
- Ruins, for me, are the beginning. With the debris, you can construct new ideas. They are symbols of a beginning. Beginning
- The book, the idea of a book or the image of a book, is a symbol of learning, of transmitting knowledge.. I make my own… Book
- Life is an illusion. I am held together in the nothingness by art. Art
- Art is longing. You never arrive, but you keep going in the hope that you will. Arrive
- As an artist you have to find something that deeply interests you. It's not enough to make art that is about art, to look at… Any
- What does the artist do? He draws connections. He ties the invisible threads between things. He dives into history, be it the history of mankind,… Artist
- Art is difficult. Its not entertainment. Art
- I might have been born into a very literal sense of chaos, but in fact that state is true of all of us. All
- Because of my Calvinistic upbringing, I was trained to think that what you do has to have a purpose. Calvinistic
- Buying art is not understanding art. Art
- History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images. Artist
- I am against the idea of the end, that everything culminates in paradise or judgment. Culminates
- I believe art has to take responsibility but it should not give up being art. Art
- I grew up in a forest. It's like a room. It's protected. Like a cathedral... it is a place between heaven and earth. Cathedral
- If I do something that depresses, it's not because I'm depressed, but because political life and history is depressing. Depressed