Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is.
More Quotes from Jackson Pollock:
I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own.Jackson Pollock
I continue to get further away from the usual painter's tools such as easel, palette, brushes, etc.
Jackson Pollock
The modern artist... is working and expressing an inner world - in other words - expressing the energy, the motion, and other inner forces.
Jackson Pollock
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
My paintings do not have a center, but depend on the same amount of interest throughout.
Jackson Pollock
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
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