"When I make my drawings... the path traced……" — Alberto Giacometti
"When I make my drawings... the path traced by my pencil on the sheet of paper is, to some extent, analogous to the gesture of a man groping his way in the darkness."
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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 the art of the past rises up before me, the art of all ages and all civilizations, everything becomes…
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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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