Jackson Pollock

“Abstract painting is abstract. It confronts you.”

“The painting has a life of its own. I try to let it come through.”

“New needs need new techniques. And the modern artists have found new ways and new means of making their statements.”

“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.”

“When I am in my painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing.”

“Technique is just a means of arriving at a statement.”

“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.”

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

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

“I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own.”

“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.”

“Every good artist paints what he is.”

“My painting does not come from the easel.”

“I want to express my feelings rather than illustrate them.”

“The strangeness will wear off and I think we will discover the deeper meanings in modern art.”