Sigmar Polke Quotes

I wasn't in the art world at all as a kid; I was just creative, and we were always doing arts and crafts.

I have been surrounded by artists and paintings throughout my life. My father Ted Dyer is an artist, and from a very early age I have spent time painting and drawing.

I made all sorts of things: drawings, sculptures - I was doing origami before I even knew the word. I was constantly creating.

There was very little art in my childhood.

To be honest, I think, for me, the power is always with art. The art world clearly couldn't happen without art.

There hasn't been any art yet. Art is just beginning.

We are all born artists... Almost everything kids do is art.

We lived in my father's studio, so there were the brushes and the pencils and the paint. So it would - it was very natural for me to want to paint, I think, and it was never a question.

I used to draw a lot.

As an artist, you find at different times you want to do different things.

I love to draw and paint - that's what makes me happy.

I drew as a child, they tell me. I can vaguely remember doing it. And then I drew again in the late years at high school.

I've always liked to draw.

I like art, photography, film - all that creativity.

Why not spend that time on art: painting, sculpting, charcoal, pastel, oils? Are words or numbers more important than images? Who decides this? Does algebra move you to tears? Can plural possessives express the feelings in your heart? If you don't learn art now, you will never learn to breathe!

I had no idea what art was. There was one art class in high school, but it didn't make a big impression on me. Then I went to college and thought I'd become a writer.

I've done an incredible amount of painters. It's an area, for me, where there's more mystery left. I've photographed so many musicians, I've been in studios so often, I know the whole process. The mystery's gone from it. I think it's important to keep mystery into our lives. There's a longing connected with it.

Maybe I'll paint, do photography, just something else. I can see that.

My father is a well known artist, Ted Dyer, who has been painting for many years. Our work is very different, but growing up surrounded by paintings, paints, easels and art books does have an effect.

I learned how to draw from being bored in school. I would doodle on the margins of my paper.

I grew up with artists.

I've been drawing as long as I can remember. I think all children draw as soon as they figure out the thumb and can grab crayons. The only difference with people like myself is that we never stopped drawing.

I was brought up feeling that art is a very important part of one's life. It's something that I not only enjoy, it's something I can share with others.

I'm constantly exposing myself to art and that inspires me.

I was brought up on art. My father thought I had a great hand at art and sent me to art school. But he did not want me to become a photographer.