Because I was traveling a lot during the '70s, the only thing I could do on the road was take photographs, so there wasn't much painting during those years. Sigmar Polke 70slotpaint Change image and share on social
Mostly, drawings are things I make for myself - I do them in sketchbooks. They are mental experiments - private inner thoughts when I'm not sure what will come out. Sigmar Polke drawingexperimentmake Change image and share on social
I love all dots. I am married to many of them. I want all dots to be happy. Dots are my brothers. I am a dot myself. Sigmar Polke brotherdothappy Change image and share on social
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 artbeginchild Change image and share on social
There has to be an element of risk-taking for me in my work. Sigmar Polke elementrisktake Change image and share on social
Picabia is a very old painter who some people try to connect me to, but I refuse such comparisons very well. Sigmar Polke comparisonconnectpainter Change image and share on social
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 both operating in the same reality. A face painted by Picasso occupies the same reality as a portrait by Stieglitz. Sigmar Polke advertiseagencydifferently share on social
