"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."
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Jackson Pollock interviewed by William Wright, Summer 1950; as quoted in Abstract Expressionism : Creators and Critics (1990) edited by Clifford Ross, p. 142.
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