"every good artist paints what he is

Photo by Ákos Szabó

Photo by Ian Turnell










The painting has a life of its own
More Jackson Pollock quotes
"The modern artist is working with space and time and expressing his feelings rather than illustrating.
"The modern artist is working with space and time, and expressing his feelings rather than illustrating.
"Technique is just a means of arriving at a statement.
"My painting does not come from the easel.
"I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own.
"Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is.