Jackson Pollock

Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is.

Abstract painting is abstract. It confronts you.

There was a reviewer a while back who wrote that my pictures didn’t have any beginning or any end. He didn’t mean it as a compliment, but it was.

The source of my painting is the unconscious.

Technique is just a means of arriving at a statement.

I could never play a part in anything. I could never have a career.

Painting is no problem. The problem is what to do when you’re not painting.

New York is the place. It's the end of the line for so many things.

I’m very representational some times, and a little more abstract at others.

The unconscious is the well-spring of art.

I don’t care for the imitation of nature.

What does lack of form mean? It is just as much form as anything else.

I’m not an action painter. I don’t paint actions. I paint feelings.

The modern artist must live by his work.

Art is not a thing — it is a way.

The method is the real discovery.

I’m faithful to the work.

The easel is a man's limitation. I’m for the floor.

The wall is no good. The wall is a man’s limitation.

I like to work alone.