Jackson Pollack Quotes

He sometimes felt that life was something that had already risen, and all of this, the Jackson Pollack of spring, summer, and fall, the vague refrigeration and tinfoiled sky of wintertime, was just a falling, really, originward, in a kind of correction, as if by spritual gravity, towards the wiser consciousness
or consciousnessless, maybe; could gravity trick itself like that?
of death. It was a kind of movement both very slow and very fast; there was both too much and not enough time to think. ~ Tao Lin

Finally, when someone asked [Pollack] how he knew when a painting was finished, he replied, How do you know when you've finished making love? ~ Ross Wetzsteon

All really great artists, Jackson Pollack, John Cage, Beckett or Joyce - you are never indifferent to them. ~ Jonathan Safran Foer

Internal improvement and the diffusion of knowledge, so far as they can be promoted by the constitutional acts of the Federal Government, are of high importance. ~ Andrew Jackson

I'll come to any benefit if I see SCLC get all the money. ~ Mahalia Jackson

If you are a liar and a thief i will disagree, if you are honest and correct, i will back you 100 percent ~ Joel Jackson

Grace means there is nothing we can do to make God love us more - and grace also means there is nothing we can do to make God love us less. ~ Neta Jackson

In the 1830s, the forced removal of Cherokees, Choctaws, Chickasaws, Creeks, and Seminoles from the fertile lands of the southeastern United States, under the direction of President Andrew Jackson, amassed even more land for cotton cultivation and expansion of the wealth of white people. As Native Americans made the involuntary treks to what would become Indian Country or Oklahoma, white Americans dislocated approximately one million African Americans through the domestic slave trade, moving them from the Upper South to the Lower South and westward, destroying families, and severing community ties in order to create plantations and cultivate cotton. ~ Heather Andrea Williams

We are the world, we are the children ... ~ Michael Jackson

Strange and fantastic things really happen. During a rainstorm in Australia, fish fall from the sky; several Southern states consider legislation that would make the licking of toads illegal; Lisa Presley marries Michael Jackson. You read these things and you think to yourself that realism may not be the best medium through which to express the real world. ~ Karen Joy Fowler

I had a lot of tire marks on my heart and mind, but I used those marks and scars to survive."
~Love is respect ♥~ ~ Charlena E. Jackson

Ability atrophies through lack of exercise. ~ Glenda Jackson

You took my heart when you left," I whispered.
He took a slow step forward, his confession cracking in the air. "And I left mine with you. ~ A.L. Jackson

Michael Jackson? He was something more (than one of my favorite entertainers), a true friend. He wasn't just a genius. Above all, he was a good person, who gave so much. He gave people values, he encouraged them to better themselves all the time. He was far deeper and more authentic than people could see. He was misunderstood too many times ~ Kobe Bryant

On sentry duty with Hazel, he would try to take his mind off it. He loved spending time with her. He asked her about growing up in New Orleans, but she got edgy at his questions, so they made small talk instead. Just for fun, they tried to speak French to each other. Hazel had some Creole blood on her mother's side. Frank had taken French in school. Neither of them was very fluent, and Louisiana French was so different from Canadian French it was almost impossible to converse. When Frank asked Hazel how her beef was feeling today, and she replied that his shoe was green, they decided to give up. Then Percy Jackson had arrived. Sure, Frank had seen kids fight monsters before. He'd fought plenty of them himself on his journey from Vancouver. But he'd never seen gorgons. He'd never seen a goddess in person. And the way Percy had controlled the Little Tiber - wow. Frank wished he had powers like that. ~ Rick Riordan

I grew up watching those blaxploitation movies. Ron O'Neal, Richard Roundtree, Jim Brown, Pam Grier. For the first time, I saw 'The Negro' get one over on 'The Man.' ~ Samuel L. Jackson

Life is beautiful. One thing's for sure, we do not need a magnifying glass to see it. The naked eye shows us exactly what we need to see. ~ Charlena E. Jackson

What if all the dreaming gets in the way of actually doing things? What if there isn't time for dreaming?"
"There's always time for dreaming," Jackson said. "If it makes you happy, then there's time. ~ Kat Zhang

In response to the question, 'How do you know when you're finished?' Pollock replied, 'How do you know when you're finished making love? ~ Jackson Pollock

Then Grover had a brilliant, totally Grover-like idea.
"Burrito fight!" he yelled, and flung his Guacamole Grande at the nearest skeleton.

"Now, if you have never been hit by a flying burrito, count yourself lucky. In terms of deadly projectiles, it's right up there with grenades and cannonballs." (The Titan's Curse - chapter 14, page 216) ~ Rick Riordan

One of the problems that we are confronted with is, when we decide to buy or build a home, we don't get a clear picture of what closing costs will be of that home. ~ Alphonso Jackson

Percy: Dad-
Poseidon: Very well! It shall be as you say. But my son, pray this works.
Percy: I'm praying, I'm talking to you, right?
Poseidon: Oh ... yes. Good point. ~ Rick Riordan

Sadly, a lot of things took a turn for the worse in my life, but they taught me a lesson. They helped me to become the person who I am today. In my late thirties, I am learning so much about myself; and still learning. I am so in love with myself more than I've ever been! I feel free and at peace. Life is good! It is getting better and better every day! ~ Charlena E. Jackson

In order for an ideal to become a reality, there must be a person, a personality to translate it. ~ Jesse Jackson

Disunion by force is treason. ~ Andrew Jackson

One might say, I am too young to experience bullying. Believe it or not, bullying happens to kids who are younger than me. ~ Charlena E. Jackson

Love is the most subtle form of self-interest. ~ Holbrook Jackson

All the rights secured to the citizens under the Constitution are worth nothing, and a mere bubble, except guaranteed to them by an independent and virtuous Judiciary. ~ Andrew Jackson

Peace, Eleanor thought concretely; what I want in all this world is peace, a quiet spot to lie and think, a quiet spot up among the flowers where I can dream and tell myself sweet stories. ~ Shirley Jackson

Due process requires some definite link, some minimum connection, between a state and the person, property or transaction it seeks to tax. ~ Robert H. Jackson

Hercules used noise! Brass bells! He scared them away with the most horrible sound he could-" said Percy
"Percy ... Chiron's collection! ~ Rick Riordan

Seek opportunity, not security. A boat in the harbor is safe, but in time its bottom will rot out. ~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

The only thing that I'm scared of is not livin' up to the expectations of Dr. Dre and Eminem. ~ Curtis Jackson

I am fascinated by the Royal Family because they are shrouded in mystique, and the Queen, and to a certain extent William, represent fabulous blank canvases. I find the Prince of Wales less fascinating because he spills the beans and we know too much about him. ~ Alison Jackson

When michael jackson died i wonder if his life flashed before him and if it did, i wonder if he thought 'who's that little black kid singing my songs?!' ~ Sean Lock

Has done a great job walking a thin line between revenge and remedy. ~ Jesse Jackson

I think it's very rare, as an actor, that you get to a script, or an idea of a script, and you go, "Oh, I just have to do that!" It fell into place very quickly. ~ Oliver Jackson-Cohen

When all great movements are in their infancy, they are nourished basically on the mother's milk of righteous indignation. It is a time of red-faced screaming and finger pointing. That's a good thing - we need to be angry to move toward any systemic change. But ultimately the fingers have to stop pointing and the hand has got to get down to work - and the work is always messy. ~ Jackson Galaxy

The only thing about 3-D is the dullness of the image. ~ Peter Jackson

God what an outfield,' he says. 'What a left field.' He looks up at me, and I look down at him. 'This must be heaven,' he says.
No. It's Iowa,' I reply automatically. But then I feel the night rubbing softly against my face like cherry blossoms; look at the sleeping girl-child in my arms, her small hand curled around one of my fingers; think of the fierce warmth of the woman waiting for me in the house; inhale the fresh-cut grass small that seems locked in the air like permanent incense; and listen to the drone of the crowd, as below me Shoelss Joe Jackson tenses, watching the angle of the distant bat for a clue as to where the ball will be hit.
I think you're right, Joe,' I say, but softly enough not to disturb his concentration. ~ W.P. Kinsella

Pray not for things, but for wisdom and courage. ~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.