Martin Kippenberger Quotes & Sayings

“I'm not interested in provoking people, but only in trying to be consoling.”

“Entertainment is in art like color in pictures.”

“A good artist has less time than ideas.”

“Assuming roles is something that simply won't work for me, since I don't have a style. None at all.”

“What I'm working on is for people to be able to say that Kippenberger had this really good mood.”

“My style is where you see the individual and where a personality is communicated through actions, decisions, single objects and facts, where the whole draws together to form a history.”

“Entertainment and art are not isolated.”

“An artist who opposes himself still has the best chances to reach some result.”

“I am a travelling salesman. I deal in ideas.”

“You really can't bring about anything new with art.”