Pollock, John

"The greatest adventure is the one that happens inside you."

"Your limitations are invitations to discover your true capabilities."

"The work will test you, break you, and remake you—and that's exactly what it should do."

"The act of painting is not about making a picture. It's about the experience of making."

"I am nature. I don't stand outside of it."

"Every good painter paints what he is, not what he sees."

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

"The painting has a life of its own. I try to let it come through."

"Accidents are not accidents; they are glimpses of truth."

"Work is love made visible on the canvas."

"I don't believe in accidents. There are only moments of insight."

"Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth."

"My painting does not come from the easel. It comes from within."

"To be an artist is to surrender to the work."

"The canvas is just the beginning of the conversation."

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

"There are no mistakes, only explorations."

"Movement and change are the essence of all being."

"One must have faith in what one is doing."

"The surface of the painting is the beginning, not the end."

"You cannot step into the same river twice."

"Creation is not about control. It's about surrender."

"Art lives where absolute freedom begins."

"The gesture is the signature of the soul."

"I am always in the painting."

"To discover new territory requires leaving the map behind."

"The work tells you what it needs to be."

"In the act of creation, we find ourselves."

"Color is a power which directly influences the soul."

"There is no point of arrival, only the journey."