The painting has a life of its own. I try to let it come through.

Jackson Pollock

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Topic

Artistic process Creativity Painting Art

Author

Jackson Pollock

Source

Possibilities

Language

English

Time

1948 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Painter Artist

From

United States

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Citation

Pollock, Jackson. "My Painting." Possibilities, no. 1, Winter 1947-1948, p. 79.

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Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth lasts for a thousand years, men will still say, 'This was their finest hour.'

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World War II British empire
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Winston Churchill
Source
Their Finest Hour
Medium
Speech
Genre
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Language
English
Time
1940 1940s 20th century
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Original Citation

Churchill, Winston. "Their Finest Hour." House of Commons meeting. 18 June 1940, The Palace of Westminster, London, England, UK. Address.

Current Citation

Churchill, Winston. "Alone: Their Finest Hour." Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat: The Great Speeches, edited by David Cannadine. Penguin Classics, 2007.

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You see things; and you say "Why?" But I dream things that never were; and I say "Why not?"

George Bernard Shaw

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Thinking outside the box Thinking big Creativity
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The Serpent

Author

George Bernard Shaw
Source
In the Beginning: B.C. 4004 (In the Garden of Eden) Back to Methuselah
Medium
Play
Language
English
Time
1921 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Shaw, George Bernard. "In the Beginning: B.C. 4004." Back to Methuselah. Penguin, 1988, pt. 1, act 1. Originally published by Constable/Brentano's, 1921.