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I allow myself to be guided by the work which is in the process of being born, I have confidence in it (automatic painting, ed.). I do not think about it. The forms arrive pleasant, or strange, hostile, inexplicable, mute, or drowsy. They are born from themselves. It seems to me as if all I do is move my hands.
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"Jours effeuillés: Po?mes, essaies, souvenirs", Gallimard, Paris 1966, p. 307

 

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