Quotes from Martin Kippenberger

Entertainment is in art like color in pictures.

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

A Good artist has less time than ideas.

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

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

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

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

Entertainment and art are not isolated.

I am a travelling salesman. I deal in ideas.

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

Entertainment and art are not isolated. Entertainment is in art like color in pictures.

You really can't bring about anything new with art

I am rather like a travelling salesman. I deal in ideas. I do much more for people than just paint them pictures.

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!.

Entertainment and art are not isolated.