Imagination is a very precise thing, you know — it is not fantasy. Remember, the other day I gave you the example of what I mean, what the difference… - Jacques Lipchitz

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Imagination is a very precise thing, you know — it is not fantasy. Remember, the other day I gave you the example of what I mean, what the difference between fantasy and imagination is. I gave you the example of the man who invented the of the man who invented the wheel while he was observing another man walking.

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About Jacques Lipchitz

(22 August [O.S. 10 August] 1891 – May 16, 1973) was an American cubist sculptor.

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Alternative Names: Zák Lifshits Jakoff Lipschitz Chaïm Jacob Lipchitz Žak Lifshits Jacques Lipschitz Jakoff Lipchitz Chaim Jacob Lipchitz Žak Lipšic Chaim Jakob Lipsic Zak Lifshits lipschitz Lipchitz jacques lipschitz Jakub Lipszyc
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I also found so-called great art too pompous, too stiff. What at this time was called minor art was freer, more imaginative, more open to all kinds of unorthodox expression, all kinds of daring in the handling of materials, and I preferred to surround myself with this type of art than with the great collectors' pieces.

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