If I do something that depresses, it's not because I'm depressed, but because political life and history is depressing.
Anselm KieferI am interested in reconstructing symbols. It's about connecting with an older knowledge and trying to discover continuities in why we search for heaven.
Anselm KieferHistory speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images.
Anselm KieferI am of the opinion that there are artists and non-artists. I think that this is the way it always was and always will be. I do not believe that we are in the center of the world. It is possible that there are gods who do not relate to human. As an artist, I believe that it is possible to depict these forces.
Anselm Kiefer