Jacques Lipchitz Quotes

#1. In a world of full of manipulation, half-truths and lies, the conspiracy theory is often a safer bet than the official story.

Gary Hopkins

#2. The second god lived by mountains that flowed
By the blue shiny lit roads
Had forgot what others still tried to grasp

Mark E. Smith

#3. It is too disgusting to contemplate that a handful of men keep millions of women from being constitutional citizens of this land.

Marguerite Rawalt

#4. Cubism is like standing at a certain point on a mountain and looking around. If you go higher, things will look different; if you go lower, again they will look different. It is a point of view.

Jacques Lipchitz

#5. 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

#6. Books are the food of youth, the delight of old age; the ornament of prosperity, the refuge and comfort of adversity; a delight at home, and no hindrance abroad; companions by night, in traveling, in the country.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

#7. As a writer who writes poetry, nonfiction, and fiction, I think it's important to always maintain a firm grasp on genre and ethics.

Kathleen Rooney

#8. A necessary process for the artist is one which begins with a point of view, a reaction to the environment, to people, to whatever it is one is concerned with.

Jacques Lipchitz

#9. In today's world, options are everywhere. It takes a great effort to stay faithful, continue to honor your commitment, and do the work it takes to keep your relationship strong.

Jane Greer

#10. I remember one day when Juan Gris told me about a bunch of grapes he had seen in a painting by Picasso. The next day these grapes appeared in a painting by Gris, this time in a bowl; and the day after, the bowl appeared in a painting by Picasso.

Jacques Lipchitz

#11. If one man can destroy everything, why can't one girl change it?

Malala Yousafzai

#12. Copy nature and you infringe on the work of our Lord. Interpret nature and you are an artist.

Jacques Lipchitz

#13. Both my parents had strokes. My father had several, but the last one was fatal. It's a horribly disabling bug, a stroke.

Ruth Rendell

#14. Imagination is a very precise thing, you know - it is not fantasy; the man who invented the wheel while he was observing another man walking - that is imagination!

Jacques Lipchitz

#15. When you love someone, the best thing you can offer is your presence. How can you love if you are not there?

Thich Nhat Hanh

#16. Even when the winds of misfortune blow, amazing things can still happen.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

#17. I am the most curious of all to see what will be the next thing that I will do.

Jacques Lipchitz