"A superb biography....Lavishly illustrated, it reads with the fluid grace of a fine novel....[Naifeh and Smith] succeed at making art history a good read...In a period of many fine biographies, this ranks among the best."

- Detroit Free Press

"Amazing....An extraordinarily riveting work, full of miraculous research."

- Chicago Sun-Times

"[Pollock's] story has never been told better or in more detail....An awesome tapestry of interwoven stories....Wonderfully rich, evocative and concrete."

- San Francisco Chronicle