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
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 criticallyheavenprosperity Change image and share on social
The conventional definition of reality, and the idea of 'normal life', mean nothing. Sigmar Polke conventionaldefinitionidea 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
As a child, I copied Duerer drawings and Bruegel. Sigmar Polke bruegelchildcopy 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
