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

My painting does not come from the easel. — Jackson Pollock

When I am in my painting, I’m not aware of what I’m doing. — Jackson Pollock

Abstract painting is abstract. It confronts you. — Jackson Pollock

Something in me knows where I’m going, and–well, painting is a state of being. … Painting is self–discovery. Every good artist paints what he is. — Jackson Pollock

He drove his kind of realism at me so hard I bounced right into nonobjective painting. — Jackson Pollock

I hardly ever stretch the canvas before painting. — Jackson Pollock

My paintings do not have a center, but depend on the same amount of interest throughout. — Jackson Pollock

The process is only a means to an end–creating the painting I want. It doesn’t mean anything itself. It’s only a way of creating a result. — Jackson Pollock

I’m very representational some of the time, and a little all of the time. But when you’re painting out of your unconscious, figures are bound to emerge. — Jackson Pollock

When I am painting I have a general notion as to what I am about. I can control the flow of paint: there is no accident. — Jackson Pollock

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. — Jackson Pollock

It is only when I lose contact with the painting that the result is a mess. Otherwise there is pure harmony, an easy give and take, and the painting comes out well. — Jackson Pollock

If people would just look at the paintings, I don’t think they would have any trouble enjoying them. It’s like looking at a bed of flowers, you don’t tear your hair out over what it means. — Jackson Pollock

Art is coming face to face with yourself. — Jackson Pollock

Most modern painters work from a different source. They work from within. — Jackson Pollock

A man’s life is his work; his work is his life. — Jackson Pollock

My concern is with the rhythms of nature I work inside out, like nature. — Jackson Pollock

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 within. — Jackson Pollock

I don’t work from drawings. I don’t make sketches and drawings and color sketches into a final painting. — Jackson Pollock

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 from the four sides and literally be in the painting. — Jackson Pollock

I don’t work from drawings and colour sketches into a final painting. Painting, I think, today–the more immediate, the more direct–the greater the possibilities of making a direct–of making a statement. — Jackson Pollock

How do you know when you’re finished making love? — Jackson Pollock

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? — Jackson Pollock

My opinion is that new needs need new techniques. And the modern artists have found new ways and new means of making their statements. — Jackson Pollock

When I’m painting, I’m not aware of what I’m doing. It’s only after a get acquainted period that I see what I’ve been about. I’ve no fears about making changes for the painting has a life of its own. — Jackson Pollock

I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own. — Jackson Pollock

Technique is just a means of arriving at a statement. — Jackson Pollock

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 at a statement. — Jackson Pollock

A method of painting is a natural growth out of a need. I want to express my feelings rather than illustrate them. Technique is just a means of arriving at a statement. — Jackson Pollock

A real friend is someone you say a sentence to and they know ten thousand words behind that sentence. — Jackson Pollock