Famous quote by Jacques Lipchitz

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All my life as an artist I have asked myself: What pushes me continually to make sculpture? I have found the answer. art

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"All my life as an artist I have asked myself: What pushes me continually to make sculpture? I have found the answer. art is an action against death. It is a denial of death"

- Jacques Lipchitz

Art Action Life Death

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This quote is written / told by Jacques Lipchitz between August 22, 1891 and May 16, 1973. He/she was a famous Sculptor from Poland. The author also have 2 other quotes.

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