Jackson Pollock Quotes

“It's as if a thousand different sensations have been merged, but just barely, and only by a superhuman act of creativity.”
― Deborah Solomon, Jackson Pollock

“… the poetry lies in the crude handling of paint rather than in the subject matter.”
― Deborah Solomon, Jackson Pollock

“… the poetry lies in the crude handling of the paint rather than in the subject matter.”
― Deborah Solomon, Jackson Pollock

“… one must destroy in order to create.”
― Deborah Solomon, Jackson Pollock

“… his hands got in the way of his art, preventing him from recording sensation as quickly as he experienced it.”
― Deborah Solomon, Jackson Pollock

“… painting was not so much an art movement as a mission to free people from material concerns.”
― Deborah Solomon, Jackson Pollock

“… to be an artist is to assert one's will, but to be a woman is to relinquish it.”
― Deborah Solomon, Jackson Pollock

“… art was a process of evolution - not revolution...”
― Deborah Solomon, Jackson Pollock

“the moment you follow someone else, you cease to be your own leader.”
― Deborah Solomon, Jackson Pollock

“… a lack of influence is of course its own kind of influence.”
― Deborah Solomon, Jackson Pollock