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 about making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own.
— Jackson Pollock Modern

Abstract expressionism

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Interview with William Wright

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1950

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Strange & Unusual

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