German - Artist | March 8, 1945 -
But I believe above all that I wanted to build the palace of my memory, because my memory is my only homeland.
Anselm Kiefer
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Ruins, for me, are the beginning. With the debris, you can construct new ideas. They are symbols of a beginning.
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Life is an illusion. I am held together in the nothingness by art.
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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.
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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.
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Art is longing. You never arrive, but you keep going in the hope that you will.
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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.
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When I see a new artist I give myself a lot of time to reflect and decide whether it's art or not.
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If I do something that depresses, it's not because I'm depressed, but because political life and history is depressing.
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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.
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Buying art is not understanding art.
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Not content, but the road the artist takes, is the interesting part.
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