Top 23 Quotes by Anselm Kiefer

About Anselm Kiefer

These are some quotes by German author Anselm Kiefer Artist, who was born on March 8, 1945.

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.

Anselm Kiefer

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

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

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.

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.

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

Anselm Kiefer

Art is longing. You never arrive, but you keep going in the hope that you will.

Art is longing. You never arrive, but you keep going in the hope that you will.

Anselm Kiefer

Not content, but the road the artist takes, is the interesting part.

Not content, but the road the artist takes, is the interesting part.

Anselm Kiefer

Buying art is not understanding art.

Buying art is not understanding art.

Anselm Kiefer

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

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

Anselm Kiefer

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

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

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.

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

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