Jackson Pollock

"The surface of the canvas is my arena."

"I am interested in expressing my feelings, not illustrating them."

"Movement is the language of the soul."

"I paint what I feel becoming, not what I see."

"The tradition that binds us also blinds us."

"In abstraction, we find the deepest truth."

"I cannot separate myself from the act of creation."

"The drip reveals what the brush conceals."

"I work from within to without."

"Every line is a decision that cannot be undone."

"The artist must be willing to destroy to create."

"I paint to transcend the limitations of form."

"The viewer completes the painting I begin."

"I am searching for meaning in the spaces between."

"Art is a conversation between the maker and the made."

"I do not paint from nature; I paint my response to it."

"The hand must obey the vision of the mind."

"In solitude, I find the courage to create."

"I paint with my whole body, not just my hands."

"The canvas has no surface; it has infinite depth."

"I reject the notion that art must be beautiful."

"To be an artist is to live without certainty."

"I paint the struggle, not the resolution."

"The process is more important than the product."

"I am driven by forces I do not fully understand."

"The drip technique is my signature conversation with gravity."

"I refuse to apologize for my unconventional methods."

"Art must break the rules to become art."

"I seek to paint the invisible architecture of emotion."

"The artist is a medium for larger cosmic forces."