List of Anselm Kiefer Quotes

Buying Art Is Not Understanding Art.

When I See A New Artist I Give Myself A Lot Of Time To Reflect And Decide Whether It's Art Or Not.

Because Of My Calvinistic Upbringing, I Was Trained To Think That What You Do Has To Have A Purpose.

I Grew Up In A Forest. It's Like A Room. It's Protected. Like A Cathedral... It Is A Place Between Heaven And Earth.

I 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.

Art Is Difficult. It's Not Entertainment. There Are Only A Few People Who Can Say Something About Art - It's Very Restricted. When I See A New Artist I Give Myself A Lot Of Time To Reflect And Decide Whether It's Art Or Not. Buying Art Is Not Understanding Art.

But I Believe Above All That I Wanted To Build The Palace Of My Memory, Because My Memory Is My Only Homeland.

I Might Have Been Born Into A Very Literal Sense Of Chaos, But In Fact That State Is True Of All Of Us.

I Was Interested In Transcendence From A Very Early Age. I Was Interested In What Was Over There, What Was Behind Life. So When I Had My First Communion I Was Very Disappointed. I Had Expected Something Amazing And Surprising And Spiritual. Instead All I Got Was A Bicycle. That Wasn't What I Was After At All.

Art 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.

Art Is Difficult. Its Not Entertainment.

I Never See A Forest That Does Not Bear A Mark Or A Sign Of History.