On the floor I am more at ease. Jackson Pollock More Quotes by Jackson Pollock More Quotes From Jackson Pollock 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 flower mean thinking Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is. Jackson Pollock self discovery art The secret of success is… to be fully awake to everything about you. Jackson Pollock believe-in-yourself success inspirational Energy and motion made visible – memories arrested in spaceTechnic is the result of a need new needs demand new technics total control denial of the accident States of order organic intensity energy and motion made visible memories arrested in space, human needs and motives acceptance. Jackson Pollock space energy memories 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 abstract-painting artist mean There is no accident, just as there is no beginning and no end. Jackson Pollock accidents ends Art is coming face to face with yourself. Jackson Pollock art-is faces art The modern artist is living in a mechanical age and we have a mechanical means of representing objects in nature such as the camera and photograph. The modern artist, it seems to me, is working and expressing an inner world - in other words - expressing the energy, the motion, and other inner forces. Jackson Pollock artist age mean 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 sleep death thinking When I am in a painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It is only after a sort of 'get acquainted' period that I see what I have been about. I have no fears about making changes, destroying the image, etc, because the painting has a life of its own. I try to let it come through. 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 etc trying giving It doesn't matter how the paint is put on, as long as something is said. Jackson Pollock arriving matter long Painting is no problem. The problem is what to do when you're not painting. Jackson Pollock no-problem painting problem The modern artist is working with space and time, and expressing his feelings rather than illustrating. Jackson Pollock space feelings art 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 knives glasses broken A canvas is an arena in which to act. Jackson Pollock arena canvas 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 artist men mean A real friend is someone you say a sentence to and they know ten thousand words behind that sentence. Jackson Pollock thousand real friendship I want to express my feelings rather than illustrate them. Jackson Pollock want feelings art Technique is just a means of arriving at a statement. Jackson Pollock arriving technique mean When I am in my painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. Jackson Pollock painting expressionism artist
