I began drawing as a very young child and had a grandfather who experimented with photography, so those things constituted my first exposure to art. — Sigmar Polke Copy Share Image
Mostly, drawings are things I make for myself - I do them in sketchbooks. They are mental experiments - private inner thoughts when I'm… — Sigmar Polke Copy Share
We were very poor and my family lost everything during the war - our home and our identity. But I'm a believer in luck… — Sigmar Polke Copy Share
People expect things from art that are horrible for us who make it! They put the things we make in these restrictive places called… — Sigmar Polke Copy Share
The conventional definition of reality, and the idea of 'normal life', mean nothing. — Sigmar Polke Copy Share
By making pictures, you learn the many different properties of photography. I use those properties differently than, say, an advertising agency would, but we're… — Sigmar Polke Copy Share
I’m a believer in luck and think the social conditions you’re born into provide the opportunity for you to prove your luck. And I… — Sigmar Polke Copy Share
I've never been interested in philosophy, but some of Jung's ideas seem useful in helping people understand pictures and so forth. — Sigmar Polke Copy Share
Picabia is a very old painter who some people try to connect me to, but I refuse such comparisons very well. — Sigmar Polke Copy Share
When I came to the West, I saw many, many things for the first time. But I also saw the prosperity of the West… — Sigmar Polke Copy Share
Yes, my works... are enshrined in museums, but I don't care if the pieces fall apart in 20 years. — Sigmar Polke Copy Share
