Anselm Kiefer quotes - page 2

Art is longing. You never arrive, but you keep going in the hope that you will. (Anselm Kiefer)
Life is an illusion. I am held together in the nothingness by art. View quote
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I believe art has to take responsibility but it should not give up being art. View quote
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Not content, but the road the artist takes, is the interesting part. View quote
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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 it anymore, no more in my house than anywhere else. View quote
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I am against the idea of the end, that everything culminates in paradise or judgment. View quote
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Art is difficult. Its not entertainment. View quote
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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 out what is art and what is not art. View quote
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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 communion I was very disappointed. I had expected something amazing and surprising and spiritual. Instead all I got was a bicycle. That wasn't what I was after at all. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. (Anselm Kiefer)
Because of my Calvinistic upbringing, I was trained to think that what you do has to have a purpose. View quote
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When I see a new artist I give myself a lot of time to reflect and decide whether it's art or not. View quote
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Buying art is not understanding art. View quote
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I believe in empty spaces; they're the most wonderful thing. View quote
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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. View quote
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