Expressionism Quotes

And that Newman wasn't, and yet to me Pollock is just as radical and unlike Expressionism as Newman.

The big shock of my life was Abstract Expressionism - Pollock, de Kooning, those guys. It changed my work. I was an academically trained student, and suddenly you could pour paint, smear it on, broom it on!

I think more than writers, the major influences on me have been European movies, jazz, and Abstract Expressionism.

I was a student at Harvard, and that's where I learned about so-called avant-garde music. Jackson Pollock, abstract expressionism and painting were well known at this time.