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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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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

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

— Jackson Pollock

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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

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I never consciously said, 'I want to be an actor.' It sounds stupid, but it's kind of like being a painter or something. You don't say, 'From today on I'm going to be a painter.' It's not something conscious - you've just been painting pictures all your life. ↗

— Franka Potente

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In my earlier paintings, I wanted the space between the picture plane and the spectator to be active. ↗

— Bridget Riley

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Painters have always needed a sort of veil upon which they can focus their attention. It's as though the more fully the consciousness is absorbed, the greater the freedom of the spirit behind. ↗

— Bridget Riley

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