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We must not confuse distortion with innovation distortion is useless change, art is beneficial change.
Chuck Jones
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Chuck Jones
Age: 89 †
Born: 1912
Born: September 21
Died: 2002
Died: February 22
Actor
Animation Director
Animator
Comics Artist
Film Director
Film Producer
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Spokane
Washington
Charles Martin Jones
Charles M. Jones
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