Pollock, John

"The canvas never lies about the artist's intentions."

"Art is the victory of vision over doubt."

"Every painting is a step toward understanding life."

"The work requires the death of the ego."

"In creation, we find the meaning we seek."

"The gesture is the prayer of the painter."

"To paint is to be fully alive in the moment."

"The canvas is the space where the soul becomes visible."

"The artist's job is to save the soul of mankind, and anything less is demeaning to the purpose of art and artists."

"Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do."

"Every good artist knows that self-doubt is the companion of creation."

"The unconscious is the only available source of religious experience."

"I want to express my feelings rather than illustrate them."

"Technique is just a means of arriving at a statement."

"The modern painter cannot express this age, the airplane, the atom bomb, as it expresses itself."

"I paint on the floor and this isn't just a convenient way of working, it's a necessity."

"I don't use the accident—I employ it."

"Energy and motion made visible—memories arrested in space."

"One learns by doing the thing."

"The picture must have a life of its own."

"I can control the flow, I can dominate it completely."

"Art to me is the means to an understanding."

"Creativity takes courage to face the blank canvas."

"The act of creation is itself a journey of self-discovery."

"I'm not interested in composition or the obvious way of looking at things."

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

"The voice of sensibility speaks in color."

"I paint myself."

"There is no accident, only the inevitable unfolding of artistic vision."

"My paintings are myself, my life, my world."