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
expressing inner modern words
The modern artistis working and expressing an inner world in other words expressing the energy, the motion, and other inner forces.
artist brush building choose creating earth game iron man mean plains shovel west whether
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.
artist discovery self
Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is.
abstract-painting compliment expressionism
Abstract painting is abstract. It confronts you....
making-love pollock response
In response to the question, 'How do you know when you're finished?' Pollock replied, 'How do you know when you're finished making love?
artist etc painting
I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own.
arriving painting states
The pictures I contemplate painting would constitute a halfway state and attempt to point out the direction of the future - without arriving there completely
painting problem no-problem
Painting is no problem. The problem is what to do when you're not painting.
trying technique results
You can't learn techniques and then try to become a painter. Techniques are a result.
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.
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.