Jackson Pollock
Jackson Pollock
Paul Jackson Pollock, known professionally as Jackson Pollock, was an influential American painter and a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement. He was well known for his unique style of drip painting...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPainter
Date of Birth28 January 1912
CityCody, WY
CountryUnited States of America
Jackson Pollock quotes about
ends accidents
There is no accident, just as there is no beginning and no end.
artist serenity world
The modern artist... is working and expressing an inner world - in other words - expressing the energy, the motion, and other inner forces.
music love-is
Love is friendship set to music.
arena canvas
A canvas is an arena in which to act.
painting expressionism modern-art
When I am in my painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing.
bored people shells
People have always frightened and bored me consequently I have been within my own shell.
thieves locks break
The painter locks himself out of his own studio. And then has to break in like a thief.
artist color drawing
I don't work from drawings. I don't make sketches and drawings and color sketches into a final painting.
addiction making-love greys-anatomy
How do you know when you're finished making love?
paint
I do not paint nature. I am nature.
causes expressionism deny
I don't use the accident - 'cause I deny the accident
artist discovery self
Something in me knows where I’m going, and - well, painting is a state of being. ... Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is.
flow paint i-can
I can control the flow of paint: there is no accident.
no-fear painting making-changes
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.