“Cubism is not a formula, it is not a school. Cubism is a philosophy, a point of view in the universe. It 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

Source: Jacques Lipchitz: The Artist at Work, 1966, p. 199

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American and French sculptor 1891–1973

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