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Ruins, for me, are the beginning. With the debris, you can construct new ideas. They are symbols of a beginning.

~Anselm Kiefer

Topics: Beginning Construct Ideas Me New New Ideas Ruins Symbols You

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But I believe above all that I wanted to build the palace of my memory, because my memory is my only homeland.

~Anselm Kiefer

Topics: Above Because Believe Build Homeland Memory Only Palace Wanted I Believe

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Life is an illusion. I am held together in the nothingness by art.

~Anselm Kiefer

Topics: Am Art Held Illusion Life Nothingness Together I Am

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What 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 Kiefer

Topics: Artist Beginning Between Connections Cosmos Does Draws Earth End Geological He History Invisible Manifest Mankind The History Of Things Threads Ties

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If I do something that depresses, it's not because I'm depressed, but because political life and history is depressing.

~Anselm Kiefer

Topics: Because Depressed Depressing History Life Political Political Life Something

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The reason for this project comes from my childhood, that is clear to me. I did not have any toys. So, I played in the bricks of ruined buildings around me and with which I built houses.

~Anselm Kiefer

Topics: Any Around Bricks Buildings Built Childhood Clear Did Houses Me Played Project Reason Ruined Toys Which

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Art is longing. You never arrive, but you keep going in the hope that you will.

~Anselm Kiefer

Topics: Arrive Art Going Hope Keep Keep Going Longing Never Will You

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But we should also not forget the difference between what first motivated me and the work that is the result.

~Anselm Kiefer

Topics: Also Between Difference First Forget Me Motivated Result Should Work

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Art is difficult. It's not entertainment.

~Anselm Kiefer

Topics: Art Difficult Entertainment

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I am against the idea of the end, that everything culminates in paradise or judgment.

~Anselm Kiefer

Topics: Against Am End Everything Idea Judgment Paradise I Am

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Biography

Nationality: German

Type: Artist

Born: March 8th, 1945

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