Anselm Kiefer

Life is an illusion. I am held together in the nothingness by art.

If I do something that depresses, it's not because I'm depressed, but because political life and history is depressing.

Ruins, for me, are the beginning. With the debris, you can construct new ideas. They are symbols of a beginning.

A myth is a lie that conceals or reveals a truth. But if it reveals even a strand of history or truth, that's what gets my adrenaline going.

I've always been very determined, ever since I was a little girl, to make my way.

Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quite the occupation of an adult.