Martin Kippenberger

An artist who opposes himself still has the best chances to reach some result.

What I'm working on is for people to be able to say that Kippenberger had this really good mood.

A good artist has less time than ideas.

Assuming roles is something that simply won't work for me, since I don't have a style. None at all.

You really can't bring about anything new with art.

Nobody helps anybody.

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.

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!.

I am a travelling salesman. I deal in ideas.

Entertainment and art are not isolated.

I am not an easel-kisser.

What people will say about me then - or maybe not say - will be the only thing that finally counts.

I'm not interested in provoking people, but only in trying to be consoling.

Entertainment is in art like color in pictures.