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When I say artist I mean the man who is building things -- creating molding the earth -- whether it be the plains of the west -- or the iron ore of Penn. It's all a big game of construction -- some with a brush -- some with a shovel -- some choose a pen.

Source: Letter, 1932; in Jackson Pollock: A Catalogue Raisonnp of Paintings . . ., vol. 4, 1978.
-- Jackson Pollock, (Jan 28 1912-1956), US painter; He was a leading exponent of Abstract Expressionism and Action Painting; developed the radical drip painting technique.

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