“Yes, my works... are enshrined in museums, but I don't care if the pie...” — Sigmar Polke Quote

“Yes, my works... are enshrined in museums, but I don't care if the pieces fall apart in 20 years.”

“When I was young, I was interested in Renaissance art.”

“The conventional definition of reality, and the idea of 'normal life', mean nothing.”

“I would not be surprised to see Syria break apart entirely.”

“I would say that nobody is going to work harder for your career than yourself - the one with the vision. No matter how many people you hire, nobody is going to get is as much as yourself does. So it's really important to be your own leader at all times and not hand it all off, otherwise the whole empire will fall apart.”

“What I teach our people is that, as a leader, you have four key roles apart from people management. First is to champion the grand vision. Two, install systems and a culture to run experiments. The third thing is to savour surprises. The fourth thing is that even a leader's ideas need to be subjected to tests.”