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.

When I am in my painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing.

My painting does not come from the easel.

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

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

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.

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.

The strangeness will wear off and I think we will discover the deeper meanings in modern art.

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.

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