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Tom Stoppard

Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art.

Tom Stoppard

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Tom Stoppard is saying that having technical ability alone produces practical but ordinary items, like picnic baskets made from wicker. On the other hand, having creativity without the ability to execute it well results in art that may be unconventional or abstract, like modern art.

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