Author: Jackson Pollock

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

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

- Jackson Pollock

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

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

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

On the floor I am more at ease. I feel nearer, more part of the painting, since this way I can walk around it, work from the four sides and literally be in the painting.

On the floor I am more at ease. I feel nearer, more part of the painting, since this way I can walk around it, work from the four sides and literally be in the painting.

- Jackson Pollock

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

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.

- Jackson Pollock

Every good painter paints what he is.

Every good painter paints what he is.

- Jackson Pollock

I'm very representational some of the time, and a little all of the time. But when you're painting out of your unconscious, figures are bound to emerge.

I'm very representational some of the time, and a little all of the time. But when you're painting out of your unconscious, figures are bound to emerge.

- Jackson Pollock

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