“We were very poor and my family lost everything during the war - our h...” — Sigmar Polke Quote

“We were very poor and my family lost everything during the war - our home and our identity. But 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 suppose I've been lucky.”

“Picabia is a very old painter who some people try to connect me to, but I refuse such comparisons very well.”

“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.”

“I'm a firm believer that I'll make fights happen, get the fights done.”

“I've never been a big believer in formal education.”

“I'm a firm believer in that you've got to strike the iron when it's hot.”