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Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is.

Jackson Pollock

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Jackson Pollock
Age: 44 †
Born: 1912
Born: January 28
Died: 1956
Died: August 11
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The modern artist is working with space and time, and expressing his feelings rather than illustrating.
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My concern is with the rhythms of nature I work inside out, like nature.
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The painter locks himself out of his own studio. And then has to break in like a thief.
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Energy and motion made visible – memories arrested in spaceTechnic is the result of a need new needs demand new technics total control denial of the accident States of order organic intensity energy and motion made visible memories arrested in space, human needs and motives acceptance.
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