Author: Jackson Pollock

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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

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

My painting does not come from the easel.

My painting does not come from the easel.

- 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

Every good painter paints what he is.

Every good painter paints what he is.

- Jackson Pollock

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

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

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

- 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 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

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