I might have been born into a very literal sense of chaos, but in fact that state is true of all of us.
Anselm KieferRuins, for me, are the beginning. With the debris, you can construct new ideas. They are symbols of a beginning.
Anselm KieferWhat 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.
Anselm KieferThe book, the idea of a book or the image of a book, is a symbol of learning, of transmitting knowledge.. I make my own books to find my way through the old stories.
Anselm KieferArt maybe the only space where an indvidual can be utterly free to question himself, as well as his relationship to his God
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