Quotes from Jackson Pollock

Energy and motion made visible – memories arrested in space

every good artist paints what he is

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.

The painting has a life of its own

Every good painter paints what he is.

It doesn't matter how the paint is put on, as long as something is said.

I want to express my feelings rather than illustrate them

The painter locks himself out of his own studio. And then has to break in like a thief.

New needs need new techniques.

Today painters do not have to go to a subject matter outside of themselves. Most modern painters work from a different source. They work from within.

I don't work from drawings. I don't make sketches and drawings and color sketches into a final painting.

I am doubtful of any talent, so whatever I choose to be, will be accomplished only by long study and work

Modern art to me is nothing more than the expression of contemporary aims of the age that we're living in.

I continue to get further away from the usual painter's tools such as easel, palette, brushes, etc.

A man's life is his work; his work is his life.

Most modern painters work from a different source. They work from within.

I hardly ever stretch the canvas before painting.

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

Art is coming face to face with yourself.

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.

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.

As to what I would like to be, it is difficult to say. An artist of some kind. If nothing else I shall always study the Arts.

every good artist paints what he is