What people will say about me then – or maybe not say – will be the only thing that finally counts.
About Martin Kippenberger
Martin Kippenbergerwas a German artist known for his extremely prolific output in a wide range of styles and media, superfiction as well as his provocative, jocular and hard-drinking public persona.
Kippenberger was “widely regarded as one of the most talented German artists of his generation,” according to Roberta Smith of the New York Times.
More quotes from Martin Kippenberger
What I’m working on is for people to be able to say that Kippenberger had this really good mood.
German artist (1953-1997)
Assuming roles is something that simply won’t work for me, since I don’t have a style. None at all.
German artist (1953-1997)
I can’t cut off an ear everyday. Do the Van Gogh here and the Mozart there. Anyway it’s exhausting enough always having to check up on what one is really doing!.
German artist (1953-1997)
Entertainment and art are not isolated.
German artist (1953-1997)
I’m not interested in provoking people, but only in trying to be consoling.
German artist (1953-1997)
What people will say about me then – or maybe not say – will be the only thing that finally counts.
German artist (1953-1997)
My style is where you see the individual and where a personality is communicated through actions, decisions, single objects and facts, where the whole draws together to form a history.
German artist (1953-1997)
Nobody helps anybody.
German artist (1953-1997)
You really can’t bring about anything new with art.
German artist (1953-1997)
Entertainment is in art like color in pictures.
German artist (1953-1997)
A good artist has less time than ideas.
German artist (1953-1997)