Anselm Kiefer: Artist

Anselm Kiefer is German painter and sculptor. Explore interesting quotes on artist.

Anselm Kiefer: 40 quotes1 like

“[on becoming an artist] It is my profession, yes [ to be an artist] but a calling.. that a little bit pathetic, a little bit bombastic. I think it was much more natural... I Thought – when I was a child – the only method to be not in the world but outside of the world is to be an artist. I feel me outside, yes..”

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Tim Marlow joins Anselm Kiefer to discuss his work' - 2005

“There is a reciprocal action between the work of art and the viewer. The river changes the work of art and criticism can also change the artist... There are so many ideas afloat; any of them could have triggered the work of art. It is impossible to determine exactly if the idea has been transmitted by the critic, or if the work itself has determined its outcome..”

(1986) n.p.
Structures are no longer valid', in "Ein Gespräch..."

“I am only able to do what stirs me. I want to perceive with my senses things which at the moment are not generally perceived. I do not share, as yet, Beuys' consciousness or hope that all people are moving to a certain point where they all become artists. 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. I know it sounds absurd when I say that man can perceive some things and adumbrate powers, which do not relate to him. But perhaps the artist, unlike the non-artist, is able to do just that.”

(1986) n.p.
Structures are no longer valid', in "Ein Gespräch..."

“Kandinsky was connected with Die Brücke and the Blue Rider: they had a concept and created a reality. But I prefer Jean Fautrier [French painter-artist; 1898 - 1965] with his suffering and self-absorption. And his purpose on bringing about changes was just as strong. As a result I see in Fautrier a stronger paradigm than in Kandinsky..”

(1986) n.p.
Structures are no longer valid', in "Ein Gespräch..."

“Until the artist is dead, we are not able to determine his work in all its dimensions.”

(1986) n.p.
Structures are no longer valid', in "Ein Gespräch..."