Jackson Pollock on the Life of a Painting

"When I am in my painting, I’m not aware of what I’m doing. It is only after a sort of get-acquainted period that I see what I have been about. I have no fears of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of it’s own. I try to let it come through. It is only when I lose control with the painting that the result is a mess. Otherwise there is pure harmony, an easy give and take, and the painting comes out well."

— Jackson Pollock