Anselm Kiefer Zitate auf Englisch

Zitat des Tages von Anselm Kiefer:

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

But we should also not forget the difference between what first motivated me and the work that is the result.

Anselm Kiefer

I am against the idea of the end, that everything culminates in paradise or judgment.

Anselm Kiefer

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

Anselm Kiefer

I might have been born into a very literal sense of chaos, but in fact that state is true of all of us.

Anselm Kiefer

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.

Anselm Kiefer

Buying art is not understanding art.

Anselm Kiefer

History is formed by the people, those who have power and those without power. Each one of us makes history.

Anselm Kiefer

The reason for this project comes from my childhood, that is clear to me. I did not have any toys. So, I played in the bricks of ruined buildings around me and with which I built houses.

Anselm Kiefer

I believe art has to take responsibility but it should not give up being art.

Anselm Kiefer

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

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 geological history of the Earth or the beginning and end of the manifest cosmos.

Anselm Kiefer

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

Anselm Kiefer

When I see a new artist I give myself a lot of time to reflect and decide whether it's art or not.

Anselm Kiefer

Art is difficult. It's not entertainment.

Anselm Kiefer