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
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?
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.
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When I am in my painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing.
thieves locks break
The painter locks himself out of his own studio. And then has to break in like a thief.
paint
I do not paint nature. I am nature.
glasses knives broken
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.
painting canvas
I hardly ever stretch the canvas before painting.
painting states
Painting is a state of being.