History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images.
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 might have been born into a very literal sense of chaos, but in fact that state is true of all of us.
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 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 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