pp. 142-143
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Well, method is, it seems to me, a natural growth out of a need, and from a need the modern artist has found new ways of expressing the world about him. I happen to find ways that are different from the usual techniques, which seems a little strange at the moment, but I don't think there's anything very different about it. I paint on the floor and this isn't unusual – the Orientals did that.
— Jackson Pollock
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Source: Wikiquote: "Jackson Pollock" (Quotes: sorted chronologically, by date of the quotes of Jackson Pollock, 1950s, Interview by William Wright (Summer 1950): Quotes of Pollock, from an interview by William Wright, Summer 1950 (for broadcasting, but never used); as quoted in Clifford Ross (ed) Abstract Expressionism: Creators and Critics, New York: Abrahams Publishers (1990))
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About Jackson Pollock
Paul Jackson Pollock (January 28, 1912 – August 11, 1956) was an American painter active in the Abstract Expressionist movement.
About Jackson Pollock
Paul Jackson Pollock (January 28, 1912 – August 11, 1956) was an American painter active in the Abstract Expressionist movement.
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