"If the glass there in front of me……" — Alberto Giacometti
"If the glass there in front of me astounds me more than all the glasses I've seen in painting, and if I even think that the greatest architectural wonder of the world couldn't affect me more than this glass, it's really not worth while going to the Indies to see some temple or other when I have as much and more right in front of me."
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Alberto Giacometti
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34 Quotes by Alberto Giacometti
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