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I mean, certainly writing, painting, photography, dance, architecture, there is an aspect of almost every art form that is useful and that merges into film in some way. ↗

— Sydney Pollack

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

— Jackson Pollock

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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

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

— Jackson Pollock

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My painting does not come from the easel. ↗

— Jackson Pollock

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I hardly ever stretch the canvas before painting. ↗

— Jackson Pollock

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

— Jackson Pollock

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I continue to get further away from the usual painter's tools such as easel, palette, brushes, etc. ↗

— Jackson Pollock

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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

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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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