When I'm painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It's only after a get acquainted period that I see what I've been about. I've no fears about making changes for the painting has a life of its own.

Quote by Jackson Pollock

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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...

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 hardly ever stretch the canvas before painting.

I hardly ever stretch the canvas before painting.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

Art is coming face to face with yourself. That's what's wrong with Benton. He came...

Art is coming face to face with yourself. That's what's wrong with Benton. He came...

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...

Every good painter paints what he is.

Every good painter paints what he is.

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 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...

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.

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 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...

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,...

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...