"I don't know who I am or who……" — Alberto Giacometti
"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 myself. Everything is totally contradictory, but maybe I have remained exactly as I was as a small boy of twelve."
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Alberto Giacometti
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34 Quotes by Alberto Giacometti
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I paint and sculpt to get a grip on reality... to protect myself.
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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 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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