Ruins, for me, are the beginning. With the debris, you can construct new ideas. They are symbols of a beginning.
Anselm KieferI might have been born into a very literal sense of chaos, but in fact that state is true of all of us.
Anselm KieferArt 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 KieferHistory speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images.
Anselm Kiefer