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23 quotes by Anselm Kiefer

Anselm Kiefer Grane, Woodcut with paint and collage on paper mounted on linen, Museum of Modern Art, New York. Wikiquote has quotations related to: Anselm Kiefer Anselm Kiefer (born March 8, 1945) is a German painter and sculptor. He studied with Joseph Beuys and Peter Dreher during the 1970s. His works incorporate materials such as straw, ash, clay, lead, and shellac. The poems of Paul Celan have played a role in developing Kiefer's themes of...
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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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Art is longing. You never arrive, but you keep going in the hope that you will.

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Life is an illusion. I am held together in the nothingness by art.

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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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But I believe above all that I wanted to build the palace of my memory, because my memory is my only homeland.

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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 mankind, the... →

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History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images.

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I believe in empty spaces; they're the most wonderful thing.

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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.

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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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I was interested in transcendence from a very early age. I was interested in what was over there, what was behind life. So when I had my first... →

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Art is difficult. It's not entertainment.

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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 to work... →

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