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. Anselm Kiefer artdifficultmake Change image and share on social
I believe in empty spaces; they're the most wonderful thing. Anselm Kiefer emptyspacething Change image and share on social
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 bearchaosfact Change image and share on social
But I believe above all that I wanted to build the palace of my memory, because my memory is my only homeland. Anselm Kiefer buildhomelandmemory Change image and share on social
Art is difficult. It's not entertainment. Anselm Kiefer artdifficultentertainment Change image and share on social
Ruins, for me, are the beginning. With the debris, you can construct new ideas. They are symbols of a beginning. Anselm Kiefer beginconstructdebris Change image and share on social
Because of my Calvinistic upbringing, I was trained to think that what you do has to have a purpose. Anselm Kiefer calvinisticpurposetrain Change image and share on social
History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images. Anselm Kiefer artistconstantlyhistory Change image and share on social
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. Anselm Kiefer cathedralearthforest Change image and share on social
Life is an illusion. I am held together in the nothingness by art. Anselm Kiefer artholdillusion Change image and share on social