“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“... she wore a masterpiece smile with smudges of paint and graphite across her cheek, and her eyes were a Jackson Pollock painting.”
Ellie Lieberman, Solving for X“Every good painter paints what he is.”
Jackson Pollock“The strangeness will wear off and I think we will discover the deeper meanings in modern art.”
Jackson Pollock“My painting does not come from the easel.”
Jackson Pollock“I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own.”
Jackson Pollock“Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is.”
Jackson Pollock“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“The modern artist is working with space and time, and expressing his feelings rather than illustrating.”
Jackson Pollock“The painting has a life of its own”
Jackson Pollock“Technique is just a means of arriving at a statement.”
Jackson Pollock