Quotes by Anselm Kiefer

About Anselm Kiefer:

Anselm Kiefer is a German painter and sculptor. He studied with Joseph Beuys and Peter Dreher during the 1970s. His works incorporate materials such as straw, ash, clay, lead, and shellac. The poems of Paul Celan have played a role in developing Kiefer's themes of German history and the horror of the Holocaust, as have the spiritual concepts of Kabbalah.
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Because of my Calvinistic upbringing, I was trained to think that what you do has to have a purpose.

Anselm Kiefer

Not content, but the road the artist takes, is the interesting part.

Anselm Kiefer

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

Anselm Kiefer

Author Bio

  • NameAnselm Kiefer
  • DescriptionGerman painter and sculptor
  • BornMarch 8, 1945
  • CountryGermany
  • ProfessionPainter; Sculptor
  • WorksAthanor
  • AwardsVerdienstkreuz 1. Klasse Des Verdienstordens Der Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Verdienstkreuz 1. Klasse Des Verdienstordens Der Bundesrepublik Deutschland; ; Peace Prize Of The German Book Trade; Praemium Imperiale