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

Topics: Jackson Pollock Quotes

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...

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...

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 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,...

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...

Every good painter paints what he is.

Every good painter paints what he is.

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...

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...

I hardly ever stretch the canvas before painting.

I hardly ever stretch the canvas before painting.

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 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 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.

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...

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

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

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...

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...