Jackson Pollock, “When I am in a 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. I try to let it come through. It is only when I lose contact with the painting that the result is a mess. Otherwise there is pure harmony, an easy give and take, and the painting comes out well.” Jackson Pollock
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Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the United States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine millimeter bullet.
The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.