New needs need new techniques. And the modern artists have found new ways and new means of making their statements... the modern painter cannot express this age, the airplane, the atom bomb, the radio, in the old forms of the Renaissance or of any other past culture. Jackson Pollock ageairplaneartist share on social
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 abstractbackbegin Change image and share on social
I continue to get further away from the usual painter's tools such as easel, palette, brushes, etc. Jackson Pollock brushcontinueeasel Change image and share on social
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 arrivedifferencelong Change image and share on social
My painting does not come from the easel. Jackson Pollock easelpaint Change image and share on social
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 contacteasygive Change image and share on social
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 easefeelfloor Change image and share on social
Every good painter paints what he is. Jackson Pollock goodpaintpainter Change image and share on social
I don't work from drawings. I don't make sketches and drawings and color sketches into a final painting. Jackson Pollock colordrawingfinal Change image and share on social
I hardly ever stretch the canvas before painting. Jackson Pollock canvaspaintstretch Change image and share on social
