The moment of creative impulse is what an artist gives you. You look at a Pollock, and it can't give you the tools to do a painting like that yourself, but in doing the work, Pollock shares with you the moment of creative impulse that drove him to do that work. β¨ Patti Smith on Art. Interview with Anthony DeCurtis, www.pbs.org. December 30, 2009.
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