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Jackson Pollock Quotes

Love is friendship set to music Picture Quote #1

I hardly ever stretch the canvas before painting Picture Quote #1

I want to express my feelings rather than illustrate them Picture Quote #1

I don’t paint nature. I am nature Picture Quote #1

I continue to get further away from the usual painter’s tools such as easel, palette, brushes, etc Picture Quote #1

I don’t work from drawings. I don’t make sketches and drawings and color sketches into a final painting Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

The modern artist is working with space and time, and expressing his feelings rather than illustrating Picture Quote #1

The strangeness will wear off and I think we will discover the deeper meanings in modern art Picture Quote #1

The method of painting is the natural growth out of a need. I want to express my feelings rather than illustrate them. Technique is just a means of arriving at a statement Picture Quote #1

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. It was a fine compliment Picture Quote #1

Each age finds its own technique … I mean, the strangeness will wear off and I think we will discover the deeper meanings in modern art Picture Quote #1

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It came into existence because I had to paint it. Any attempt on my part to say something about it, to attempt explanation of the inexplicable, could only destroy it Picture Quote #1

The painter locks himself out of his own studio. And then has to break in like a thief Picture Quote #1

When I am in my painting, I’m not aware of what I’m doing Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

You can’t learn techniques and then try to become a painter. Techniques are a result Picture Quote #1

Painting is no problem. The problem is what to do when you’re not painting Picture Quote #1

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If people would just look at the paintings, I don’t think they would have any trouble enjoying them. It’s like looking at a bed of flowers, you don’t tear your hair out over what it means Picture Quote #1

A real friend is someone you say a sentence to and they know ten thousand words behind that sentence Picture Quote #1

A method of painting is a natural growth out of a need. I want to express my feelings rather than illustrate them. Technique is just a means of arriving at a statement Picture Quote #1

I’ve been thinking of death a lot, and I am amazed by its inevitability, frightened, as we all are, of the totally unknown, and yet feel a long sleep is somehow earned by those of us who live on the edge Picture Quote #1

When I am painting I have a general notion as to what I am about. I can control the flow of paint: there is no accident Picture Quote #1

I continue to get further away from the usual painter’s tools such as easel, palette, brushes, etc. I prefer sticks, trowels, knives and dripping fluid paint or a heavy impasto with sand, broken glass or other foreign matter added Picture Quote #1

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Love is friendship set to music (Jackson Pollock Quotes) I hardly ever stretch the canvas before painting (Jackson Pollock Quotes) I want to express my feelings rather than illustrate them (Jackson Pollock Quotes) I don’t paint nature. I am nature (Jackson Pollock Quotes) I continue to get further away from the usual painter’s tools such as easel, palette, brushes, etc (Jackson Pollock Quotes) I don’t work from drawings. I don’t make sketches and drawings and color sketches into a final painting (Jackson Pollock Quotes) 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 (Jackson Pollock Quotes) 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 Quotes) I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own (Jackson Pollock Quotes) 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 (Jackson Pollock Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) The modern artist is working with space and time, and expressing his feelings rather than illustrating (Jackson Pollock Quotes) The strangeness will wear off and I think we will discover the deeper meanings in modern art (Jackson Pollock Quotes) The method of painting is the natural growth out of a need. I want to express my feelings rather than illustrate them. Technique is just a means of arriving at a statement (Jackson Pollock Quotes) 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. It was a fine compliment (Jackson Pollock Quotes) Each age finds its own technique … I mean, the strangeness will wear off and I think we will discover the deeper meanings in modern art (Jackson Pollock Quotes) It came into existence because I had to paint it. Any attempt on my part to say something about it, to attempt explanation of the inexplicable, could only destroy it (Jackson Pollock Quotes) The painter locks himself out of his own studio. And then has to break in like a thief (Jackson Pollock Quotes) When I am in my painting, I’m not aware of what I’m doing (Jackson Pollock Quotes) 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 Quotes) You can’t learn techniques and then try to become a painter. Techniques are a result (Jackson Pollock Quotes) Painting is no problem. The problem is what to do when you’re not painting (Jackson Pollock Quotes) If people would just look at the paintings, I don’t think they would have any trouble enjoying them. It’s like looking at a bed of flowers, you don’t tear your hair out over what it means (Jackson Pollock Quotes) A real friend is someone you say a sentence to and they know ten thousand words behind that sentence (Jackson Pollock Quotes) A method of painting is a natural growth out of a need. I want to express my feelings rather than illustrate them. Technique is just a means of arriving at a statement (Jackson Pollock Quotes) I’ve been thinking of death a lot, and I am amazed by its inevitability, frightened, as we all are, of the totally unknown, and yet feel a long sleep is somehow earned by those of us who live on the edge (Jackson Pollock Quotes) When I am painting I have a general notion as to what I am about. I can control the flow of paint: there is no accident (Jackson Pollock Quotes) I continue to get further away from the usual painter’s tools such as easel, palette, brushes, etc. I prefer sticks, trowels, knives and dripping fluid paint or a heavy impasto with sand, broken glass or other foreign matter added (Jackson Pollock Quotes)

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