我了解波普柯夫还是从他学生时代开始的。1955年他考入了苏里柯夫美术学院版画工作室,在我的领导下工作了三个年头。他的鲜明的个性总是引人注目,也许是这个原因吧,我对他的创作幼年期记忆犹新。开始相识是由于意气相投使我们之间产生了接触,谁知这接触竟注定了我们后来在校外的不解之缘。他善于学习,而这一点正是天才的最确切的标志。我指的不是那种消极的、唯命是从地按老师要求作画,而是积极地、渴求造就高深艺术家的那些 I know Popper or his student from the beginning. In 1955 he was admitted to the printmaking studio at the Academy of Fine Arts in Suricauff, where he worked for three years. His distinctive personality is always striking, perhaps for this reason, I remember his childhood creative period. Getting acquainted with us is due to congenial contact between us, who knows this contact was doomed to our future indissoluble bond. He is good at learning, and this is exactly the most tangible sign of genius. I am not referring to the kind of negative, life-only painting from the teacher’s request, but those who are actively and desirous of creating advanced artists