It is only when I lose contact with the painting that the result is a mess. Otherwise there is pure harmony, an easy give and take, and the painting comes out well. Jackson Pollock Read Quote
It doesn’t make much difference how the paint is put on as long as something has been said. Technique is just a means of arriving at a statement. Jackson Pollock Read Quote
When I say artist I mean the man who is building things – creating molding the earth – whether it be the plains of the west – or the iron ore of Penn. It’s all a big game of construction – some with a brush – some with a shovel – some choose a pen. Jackson Pollock Read Quote
The modern artist… is working and expressing an inner world – in other words – expressing the energy, the motion, and other inner forces. Jackson Pollock Read Quote
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 Read Quote
The modern artist is working with space and time, and expressing his feelings rather than illustrating. Jackson Pollock Read Quote
Abstract painting is abstract. It confronts you. There was a reviewer a while back who wrote that my pictures didn’t have any beginning or any end. He didn’t mean it as a compliment, but it was. Jackson Pollock Read Quote
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. Jackson Pollock Read Quote
