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.

Quote by Jackson Pollock

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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...

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...

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...

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 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,...

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...

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.

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...

On the floor I am more at ease. I feel nearer, more part of the...

On the floor I am more at ease. I feel nearer, more part of the...

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...

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...

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

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

Every good painter paints what he is.

Every good painter paints what he is.

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 -...

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...

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...

My painting does not come from the easel.

My painting does not come from the easel.

All art is an individual's expression of a culture. Cultures differ, so art looks different.

All art is an individual's expression of a culture. Cultures differ, so art looks different.

Rules and models destroy genius and art.

Rules and models destroy genius and art.