In every work of art the subject is primordial, whether the artist knows it or not. The measure of the formal qualities is only a sign of the measure of the artist's obsession with his subject; the form is always… — Alberto Giacometti Copy Share Image
If only someone else could paint what I see, it would be marvellous, because then I wouldn't have to paint at all. — Alberto Giacometti Copy Share Image
What I am looking for is not happiness. I work solely because it is impossible for me to do anything else. — Alberto Giacometti Copy Share Image
Only reality interests me now and I know I could spend the rest of my life in copying a chair. — Alberto Giacometti Copy Share Image
I've tried doing so, for it was never my intention to paint only with gray. But in the course of my work I have… — Alberto Giacometti Copy Share Image
I don't know who I am or who I was. I know it less than ever. I do and I don't identify myself with… — Alberto Giacometti Copy Share Image
Whores are the most honest girls. They present the bill right away. — Alberto Giacometti Copy Share Image
The more you fail, the more you succeed. It is only when everything is lost and - instead of giving up - you go… — Alberto Giacometti Copy Share Image
Artistically I am still a child with a whole life ahead of me to discover and create. I want something, but I won't know… — Alberto Giacometti Copy Share Image
The more I work, the more I see things differently, that is, everything gains in grandeur every day, becomes more and more unknown, more… — Alberto Giacometti Copy Share Image
In every work of art the subject is primordial, whether the artist knows it or not. The measure of the formal qualities is only… — Alberto Giacometti Copy Share Image
Once the object has been constructed, I have a tendency to discover in it, transformed and displaced, images, impressions, facts which have deeply moved… — Alberto Giacometti Copy Share Image
All the sculptures of today, like those of the past, will end one day in pieces... So it is important to fashion ones work… — Alberto Giacometti Copy Share Image
