Did Jackson Pollock really say 'I'm not interested in self-expression, I'm interested in expressing the dark pas...'?

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I'm not interested in self-expression, I'm interested in expressing the dark passions of humanity.

— Jackson Pollock Modern · Abstract expressionism

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"I don't have to be understood. I just have to be."

"Technique is just a means of arriving at a statement."

"I'm not trying to prove anything."

"The source of my painting is the unconscious."

"I'm not trying to tell a story."

Reported by B.H. Friedman in 'Jackson Pollock: Energy Made Visible'

Date: c. 1940s

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