Author: Jackson Pollock

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

- Jackson Pollock

My painting does not come from the easel.

My painting does not come from the easel.

- Jackson Pollock

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