Anselm Kiefer in his artist quotes on painting, sculpture & life - free resource, German art history

Anselm Kiefer in quotes - the artist on his painting & sculpture art and life in Germany - free resource for students, pupils, art-lovers and teachers in German art history

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Kiefer studied art with German artist Joseph Beuys as his art teacher during the 1970’s in Düsseldorf. Kiefer makes his paintings mainly from straw, clay, lead, oil paint and shellac - among others. They are mainly representational paintings in large sizes. The French poet Celan inspired Kiefer - also did the spiritual concepts of the Jewish Kabbala. Kiefer’s art is frequently referring to Nazi-terror in Germany, the Holocaust and other historical roots of German history.

In his quotes Kiefer describes himself as an artist with a calling - a necessity to stay in this world by creating his art. In his own words of c. 2005: ‘I thought - when I was a child - the only method to be ‘not’ in the world… … is to be an artist. I feel me outside, yes.’
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Some selected artist-quotes of German artist Anselm Kiefer - as a short introduction of his extended quotes in the PDF:

• ’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.’ - quote of Kiefer, 1986; as cited in ‘Structures are no longer valid’, in “Ein Gespräch…”, ed. Jaqueline Burckhardt, Parkett Verlag, Zurich, 1986

• ’I used my self, my body (in his art) as an instrument… …not only my body but also my spirit… .as an instrument to research something. - Kiefer’s quote from: ‘Tim Marlow joins Anselm Kiefer to discuss his work’, 2005

• ’This time during the Second World War is part of my history, part of my memory, but it is the latest part of my memory, so the memories of each human being goes much more back, it goes to the dinosaurs, even later (Kiefer means: earlier)… … I think we even remember geological times. So this (the Second World War) is one little part of our / of mine memory. - Kiefer’s quote from: ‘Tim Marlow joins…’, 2005
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  selection of free art-resources on German artist Anselm Kiefer:

  • biographical notes on painter Anselm Kiefer, Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anselm_Kiefer
  • artist-quotes of ànd about Anselm Kiefer, Wikiquote: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Anselm_Kiefer
  • images of the painting art of Anselm Kiefer, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Anselm_Kiefer
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    editor: Fons Heijnsbroek / Matrozenhof (FotoDutch on Wikiquote):<br>[http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/User:FotoDutch]