"All the art of the past rises up……" — Alberto Giacometti
"All the art of the past rises up before me, the art of all ages and all civilizations, everything becomes simultaneous, as if space had replaced time. Memories of works of art blend with affective memories, with my work, with my whole life."
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Alberto Giacometti
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34 Quotes by Alberto Giacometti
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If we master a bit of drawing, everything else is possible.
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All the sculptures of today, like those of the past, will end one day in pieces... So it is important…
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I paint and sculpt to get a grip on reality... to protect myself.
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All I can do will only ever be a faint image of what I see and my success will always…
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When I see a head from a great distance, it ceases to be a sphere and becomes an extreme confusion…
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If only someone else could paint what I see, it would be marvellous, because then I wouldnt have to paint…
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The more you fail, the more you succeed. It is only when everything is lost and - instead of giving…
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The more I work, the more I see things differently, that is, everything gains in grandeur every day, becomes more…
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In the past I have never thought about loneliness when working, and I don't think about it now. Yet there…
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In a burning building I would save a cat before a Rembrandt.
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Artistically I am still a child with a whole life ahead of me to discover and create. I want something,…
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In every work of art the subject is primordial, whether the artist knows it or not. The measure of the…
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