As an artist you have to find something that deeply interests you. It's not enough to make art that is about art, to look at Matisse and Picasso and say, how can I paint like them? You have to be obsessed by something that can't come out in any other way, then the other things - the skill and technique - will follow.
Anselm KieferBut I believe above all that I wanted to build the palace of my memory, because my memory is my only homeland.
Anselm KieferWhen I see a new artist I give myself a lot of time to reflect and decide whether it's art or not.
Anselm Kiefer