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Art Quotes by Jackson Pollock
- I want to express my feelings rather than illustrate them.
- It [abstract art] should be enjoyed just as music is enjoyed after a while you may like it or you may not.
- Art is coming face to face with yourself.
- My painting does not come from the easel.
- As to what I would like to be, it is difficult to say. An artist of some kind. If nothing else I shall always study…
- Every good painter paints what he is.
- I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own.
- The modern artist is working with space and time, and expressing his feelings rather than illustrating.
- Today painters do not have to go to a subject matter outside of themselves. Most modern painters work from a different source. They work from…
- The strangeness will wear off and I think we will discover the deeper meanings in modern art.
- 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…
- 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…
- The painting has a life of its own
- Art is coming face to face with yourself. That's what's wrong with Benton. He came face to face with Michelangelo-- and he lost
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