“Every good painter paints what he is.”
More from Jackson Pollock on Art
“The modern artist is working with space and time, and expressing his feelings rather than illustrating.”
“Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is.”
“I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own.”
“every good artist paints what he is”
“Technique is just a means of arriving at a statement.”
“The painting has a life of its own”
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