p. 144
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With experience it seems to be possible to control the flow of paint, to a great extent, and I don't use – I don't use the accident – 'cause I deny the accident ... it's quite different from working, say, from a still life where you set up objects and work directly from them. I do have a general notion of what I'm about and what the results will be. I approach painting in the same sense as one approaches drawing, that is, it's direct.
— Jackson Pollock
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "With experience it seems to be possible to control the flow of paint, to a great extent, and I don't use – I don't use the accident – 'cause I deny the accident ... it's quite different from working, say, from a still life where you set up objects and work directly from them. I do have a general notion of what I'm about and what the results will be. I approach painting in the same sense as one approaches drawing, that is, it's direct." in the context of "p. 144" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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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