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.

Quote by 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.

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

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

It is only when I lose contact with the painting that the result is a...

It is only when I lose contact with the painting that the result is a...

I'm very representational some of the time, and a little all of the time. But...

I'm very representational some of the time, and a little all of the time. But...

When I'm painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It's only after a get...

When I'm painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It's only after a get...

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.

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

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

Today painters do not have to go to a subject matter outside of themselves. Most...

Today painters do not have to go to a subject matter outside of themselves. Most...

When I say artist I mean the man who is building things - creating molding...

When I say artist I mean the man who is building things - creating molding...

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

New needs need new techniques. And the modern artists have found new ways and new...

New needs need new techniques. And the modern artists have found new ways and new...

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

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

The modern artist... is working and expressing an inner world - in other words -...

The modern artist... is working and expressing an inner world - in other words -...

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

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

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.

It doesn't make much difference how the paint is put on as long as something...

It doesn't make much difference how the paint is put on as long as something...

Abstract painting is abstract. It confronts you. There was a reviewer a while back who...

Abstract painting is abstract. It confronts you. There was a reviewer a while back who...