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I want to emphasize the fact that we all have the same experience and the same concern, but the artist must know exactly what the experience is. He must pursue the truth relentlessly.

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You have to penetrate these and hear what your mind is telling you to do. Such work is original work.
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Pollock was terrific. I think he freed himself of all kinds of worry about this world. Ran around and dripped, and then he managed to express ecstasy.
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Give up doing the things that you do not like to do.
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I think it’s a response in our minds to perfection. It’s too bad, people not realizing that their minds expand beyond this world.
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Happiness is being on the beam with life – to feel the pull of life
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I paint with my back to the world
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We all have the same concern, but the artist must know exactly what the experience is. He must pursue the truth relentlessly
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You must find the things that you do like. The things that are acceptable to your mind.
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