And that Newman wasn't, and yet to me Pollock is just as radical and unlike Expressionism as Newman.
If you see 'Pollock,' I weighed almost 270 pounds.
In the late 30s the name Pollock was totally unknown and unheard of.
Clem had made it known that Pollock was a great painter.
Pollock really invented something. No one painted like him - or de Kooning or Still.
Part of the strength of Pollock and Rothko's art, in fact, is this doubt as to whether art may be there at all.
I have that huge print from Pollock by the piano because the influence is reciprocal. He was into hearing music while he created, and I sometimes do the opposite. I'm influenced by everything from an ant to a dream.
