When I came to the West, I saw many, many things for the first time. But I also saw the prosperity of the West critically. It wasn't really Heaven. — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
The conventional definition of reality, and the idea of 'normal life', mean nothing. — Sigmar Polke Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
