Pollock (2000)
Marcia Gay Harden: Lee Krasner
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Quotes
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Lee Krasner : [reciting] To whom shall I hire myself out? / What beast must I adore? / What holy image is attacked? / What hearts must I break? / What lie must I maintain? / And, what blood shed?
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Lee Krasner : [seeing his breakthrough painting] You've done it, Pollock. You've cracked it wide open.
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Lee Krasner : You're not just randomly putting paint on the canvas, you're painting *something*. You can't abstract from nothing, you can only abstract from life, from nature.
Jackson Pollock : I *am* nature.
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Lee Krasner : Jackson Pollock, I'm Lee Krasner. I thought I knew all the outstanding artists in New York and I don't know Jackson Pollock.
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Peggy Guggenheim : I have just climbed up and down five flights of stairs. I'm Peggy Guggenheim...
Lee Krasner : We're sorry.
Peggy Guggenheim : [to Pollock] My God and you're drunk.
Jackson Pollock : No.
Lee Krasner : No.