Jackson Pollock (1912-1956)

"To make a mark or trace a single line upon a surface immediately transforms that surface, energies its neutrality... Dividing the space of its field, a line releases the allusive or generative charge of the surface - ancient Chinese calligraphers spoke of 'generative paper.' (D. Rosand, Drawings Acts: Studies in Graphic Expression and Representation, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002, p. 1).