Anselm Kiefer Quotes & Sayings
23 most famous Anselm Kiefer quotes and sayings (artist). These are the first 10 quotes we have.
“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.”
“Ruins, for me, are the beginning. With the debris, you can construct new ideas. They are symbols of a beginning.”
“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 geological history of the Earth or the beginning and end of the manifest cosmos.”
“But I believe above all that I wanted to build the palace of my memory, because my memory is my only homeland.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Art is longing. You never arrive, but you keep going in the hope that you will.”
“I believe in empty spaces; they're the most wonderful thing.”
“If I do something that depresses, it's not because I'm depressed, but because political life and history is depressing.”
“History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images.”
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