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Jackson Pollock quotes: Every good painter paints what he is.

Every good painter paints what he is.

Jackson Pollock quotes: I don't paint nature. I am nature.

I don't paint nature. I am nature.

Jackson Pollock quotes: Today painters do not have to go to a subject matter outside of themselves. Most modern painters work from a different source. They work from within.

Today painters do not have to go to a subject matter outside of themselves. Most modern painters work from a different source. They work from within.

Jackson Pollock quotes: The modern artist ... is working and expressing an inner world - in other words - expressing the energy, the motion, and other inner forces.

The modern artist ... is working and expressing an inner world - in other words - expressing the energy, the motion, and other inner forces.

Jackson Pollock quotes: I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own.

I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own.

Jackson Pollock quotes: The painter locks himself out of his own studio. And then has to break in like a thief.

The painter locks himself out of his own studio. And then has to break in like a thief.

Jackson Pollock quotes: My paintings do not have a center, but depend on the same amount of interest throughout.

My paintings do not have a center, but depend on the same amount of interest throughout.

Jackson Pollock quotes: every good artist paints what he is

every good artist paints what he is

Jackson Pollock quotes: It doesn't matter how the paint is put on, as long as something is said.

It doesn't matter how the paint is put on, as long as something is said.

Jackson Pollock quotes: As to what I would like to be, it is difficult to say. An artist of some kind. If nothing else I shall always study the Arts.

As to what I would like to be, it is difficult to say. An artist of some kind. If nothing else I shall always study the Arts.

Jackson Pollock quotes: I don't use the accident - 'cause I deny the accident

I don't use the accident - 'cause I deny the accident

Jackson Pollock quotes: When I am in my painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing.

When I am in my painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing.

Jackson Pollock quotes: I want to express my feelings, not illustrate them.

I want to express my feelings, not illustrate them.

Jackson Pollock quotes: My concern is with the rhythms of nature I work inside out, like nature.

My concern is with the rhythms of nature I work inside out, like nature.

Jackson Pollock quotes: In response to the question, 'How do you know when you're finished?' Pollock replied, 'How do you know when you're finished making love?

In response to the question, 'How do you know when you're finished?' Pollock replied, 'How do you know when you're finished making love?

Jackson Pollock quotes: The modern artist is working with space and time and expressing his feelings rather than illustrating.

The modern artist is working with space and time and expressing his feelings rather than illustrating.

Jackson Pollock quotes: I want to express my feelings rather than illustrate them.

I want to express my feelings rather than illustrate them.

Jackson Pollock quotes: Painting is a state of being.

Painting is a state of being.

Jackson Pollock quotes: I hardly ever stretch the canvas before painting.

I hardly ever stretch the canvas before painting.

Jackson Pollock quotes: On the floor I am more at ease,

On the floor I am more at ease,

Jackson Pollock quotes: There is no accident, just as there is no beginning and no end.

There is no accident, just as there is no beginning and no end.

Jackson Pollock quotes: The secret of success is ... to be fully awake to everything about you.

The secret of success is ... to be fully awake to everything about you.

Jackson Pollock quotes: Love is friendship set to music.

Love is friendship set to music.

Jackson Pollock quotes: A real friend is someone you say a sentence to and they know ten thousand words behind that sentence.

A real friend is someone you say a sentence to and they know ten thousand words behind that sentence.

Jackson Pollock quotes: My painting does not come from the easel.

My painting does not come from the easel.

Jackson Pollock quotes: The process is only a means to an end-creating the painting I want. It doesn't mean anything itself. It's only a way of creating a result.

The process is only a means to an end-creating the painting I want. It doesn't mean anything itself. It's only a way of creating a result.

Jackson Pollock quotes: I continue to get further away from the usual painter's tools such as easel, palette, brushes, etc.

I continue to get further away from the usual painter's tools such as easel, palette, brushes, etc.

Jackson Pollock quotes: Painting is no problem. The problem is what to do when you're not painting.

Painting is no problem. The problem is what to do when you're not painting.

Jackson Pollock quotes: I am doubtful of any talent, so whatever I choose to be, will be accomplished only by long study and work

I am doubtful of any talent, so whatever I choose to be, will be accomplished only by long study and work

Jackson Pollock quotes: I can control the flow of paint: there is no accident.

I can control the flow of paint: there is no accident.

Jackson Pollock quotes: He drove his kind of realism at me so hard I bounced right into nonobjective painting.

He drove his kind of realism at me so hard I bounced right into nonobjective painting.

Jackson Pollock quotes: Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is.

Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is.

Jackson Pollock quotes: You can't learn techniques and then try to become a painter. Techniques are a result.

You can't learn techniques and then try to become a painter. Techniques are a result.

Jackson Pollock quotes: I don't work from drawings. I don't make sketches and drawings and color sketches into a final painting.

I don't work from drawings. I don't make sketches and drawings and color sketches into a final painting.

Jackson Pollock quotes: Art is coming face to face with yourself.

Art is coming face to face with yourself.

Jackson Pollock quotes: The painting has a life of its own

The painting has a life of its own

Jackson Pollock quotes: A canvas is an arena in which to act.

A canvas is an arena in which to act.

Jackson Pollock quotes: People have always frightened and bored me consequently I have been within my own shell.

People have always frightened and bored me consequently I have been within my own shell.

Jackson Pollock quotes: It [abstract art] should be enjoyed just as music is enjoyed after a while you may like it or you may not.

It [abstract art] should be enjoyed just as music is enjoyed after a while you may like it or you may not.

Jackson Pollock quotes: Technique is just a means of arriving at a statement.

Technique is just a means of arriving at a statement.

Jackson Pollock quotes: A man's life is his work; his work is his life.

A man's life is his work; his work is his life.

Jackson Pollock quotes: The painting has a life of its own. I try to let it come through.

The painting has a life of its own. I try to let it come through.

Jackson Pollock quotes: Bums are the well-to-do of this day. They didn't have as far to fall.

Bums are the well-to-do of this day. They didn't have as far to fall.

Jackson Pollock quotes: The strangeness will wear off and I think we will discover the deeper meanings in modern art.

The strangeness will wear off and I think we will discover the deeper meanings in modern art.