"I accept the fact that the important painting of the last hundred years was done in France. American painters have generally missed the point of modern painting from beginning to end.. .Thus the fact that good European moderns [European artists who lived in the U.S. because of the Nazi-regime] are now here is very important, for they bring with them an understanding of the problems of modern painting. I am particularly impressed with their concept of the source of art being the unconscious. These idea interests me more than these specific artists do, for the two artists I admire most, Picasso and Joan Miró, are still abroad."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
As quoted in Clifford Ross (ed.) Abstract Expressionism: Creators and Critics, New York: Abrahams Publishers (1990), p. 138
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jackson_Pollock
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Jackson Pollock
1912 – 1956
US-amerikanischer Maler
51 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Jackson Pollock →
Related Quotes
"The idea of an isolated American painting, so popular in this country during the thirties, seems absurd to me, just a…"
"As to what I would like to be. It is difficult to say. An Artist of some kind. If nothing else I shall always study t…"
"I believe easel painting to be a dying form, and the tendency of modern feeling is toward the wall picture or mural.."
"It came into existence because I had to paint it. Any attempt on my part to say something about it, to attempt explan…"
"My painting does not come from the easel. I hardly ever stretch my canvas before painting. I prefer to tack the unstr…"
"When I am in my painting, I am not aware of what I'm doing. It is only after a short of 'get acquainted' period that …"
"Technic is the result of a need new needs demand new technics total control denial of the accident States of order or…"
"I can control the flow of paint; there is no accident.."
"My work with Benton was important as something against which to react very strongly, later on; in this, it was better…"
"I have a definite feeling for the West, the vast horizontality of the land, for instance.. .I have always been very i…"