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LIPCHITZ: Art does not come from the outside only. It comes from inside! 

INTERVIEWER: Do you work everyday or...

LIPCHITZ: I don't wait for inspiration. Sometimes it doesn't come for months, but if you work then it maybe will appear at one moment or the other.

INTERVIEWER: Is there a recurring problem that you must overcome in the beginning and developing your ideas?

LIPCHITZ: Art is not a problem. It is not an experience. It's sweat. (Lipchitz gestures). It comes out of you.

INTERVIEWER: How do you know when a work is finished?

LIPCHITZ: I have been doing some portraits recently The man who is sitting for me asked, 'How do you know when it is finished?' He had to sit there you know. 'Some kind of bell rings down inside me,' I said. IT may be too soon or too late , I don't know. So he asks me if the bell is ringing yet? After all it is not so pleasant to sit.

INTERVIEWER: What advice would you give to young sculptors? To teachers?

LIPCHITZ: I have no advice. I never taught. It is a gift in itself, teaching. I am not an educator. In my opinion it is a real danger for a creative artist to be a teacher. Why? For a simple reason. He destroys himself