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 Matisse and Picasso and say, how can I paint like them? You have to be obsessed by something that can't come out in any other way, then the other things - the skill and technique - will follow.
When knowledge becomes rigid, it stops living. - Anselm Kiefer
When knowledge becomes rigid, it stops living.
- Anselm Kiefer
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… - Anselm Kiefer
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…
Art is longing. You never arrive, but you keep going in the hope that you will. - Anselm Kiefer
Art is longing. You never arrive, but you keep going in the hope that you will.
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 of something new, y… - Anselm Kiefer
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 of something new, y…
Ruins, for me, are the beginning. With the debris, you can construct new ideas. They are symbols of a beginning. - Anselm Kiefer
Ruins, for me, are the beginning. With the debris, you can construct new ideas. They are symbols of a beginning.
I believe in empty spaces; they're the most wonderful thing. - Anselm Kiefer
I believe in empty spaces; they're the most wonderful thing.
Life is an illusion. I am held together in the nothingness by art. - Anselm Kiefer
Life is an illusion. I am held together in the nothingness by art.
History is formed by the people, those who have power and those without power. Each one of us makes history. - Anselm Kiefer
History is formed by the people, those who have power and those without power. Each one of us makes history.
I believe art has to take responsibility but it should not give up being art. - Anselm Kiefer
I believe art has to take responsibility but it should not give up being art.
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