The painting has a life of its own. I try to let it come through. -Jackson Pollock

 

The painting has a life of its own. I try to let it come through.


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This quote is just one of 8 total Jackson Pollock quotes in our collection. Jackson Pollock is known for saying 'The painting has a life of its own. I try to let it come through.' as well as some of the following quotes.

The painting has a life of its own. I try to let it come through.

Jackson Pollock
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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
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The strangeness will wear off and I think we will discover the deeper meanings in modern art. -Jackson Pollock
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The modern artist…is working and expressing an inner world – in other words – expressing the energy, the motion, and other inner forces.

Jackson Pollock
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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
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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
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It [abstract art] should be enjoyed just as music is enjoyed – after a while you may like it or you may not.

Jackson Pollock
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