I might have been born into a very literal sense of chaos, but in fact that state is true of all of us.
Anselm KieferAs 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 KieferBecause of my Calvinistic upbringing, I was trained to think that what you do has to have a purpose.
Anselm Kiefer