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I've tried doing so, for it w...

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 eliminated one color after another, and what has remained is gray, gray, gray!

Alberto Giacometti 56 quotes

In every work of art the subj...

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 in proportion to the obsession.

Alberto Giacometti 56 quotes

It was always disappointing t...

It was always disappointing to see that what I could really master in terms of form boiled down to so little.

Alberto Giacometti 56 quotes

I paint and sculpt to get a g...

I paint and sculpt to get a grip on reality... to protect myself.

Alberto Giacometti 56 quotes

If only someone else could pa...

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 56 quotes

All the sculptures of today, ...

All the sculptures of today, like those of the past, will end one day in pieces... So it is important to fashion ones work carefully in its smallest recess and charge every particle of matter with life.

Alberto Giacometti 56 quotes

All I can do will only ever b...

All I can do will only ever be a faint image of what I see and my success will always be less than my failure or perhaps equal to the failure.

Alberto Giacometti 56 quotes

Only reality interests me now...

Only reality interests me now and I know I could spend the rest of my life in copying a chair.

Alberto Giacometti 56 quotes

In the past I have never thou...

In the past I have never thought about loneliness when working, and I don't think about it now. Yet there must be a reason for the fact that so many people talk about it.

Alberto Giacometti 56 quotes

The older I grow, the more I ...

The older I grow, the more I find myself alone.

Alberto Giacometti 56 quotes

If I see everything in gray, ...

If I see everything in gray, and in gray all the colors which I experience and which I would like to reproduce, then why should I use any other color?

Alberto Giacometti 56 quotes

(Art is) the residue of vision...

(Art is) the residue of vision.

Alberto Giacometti 56 quotes

In every work of art the subje...

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 in proportion to the obsession ... That's the terrible thing: the more one works on a picture, the more impossible it becomes to finish it.

Alberto Giacometti 56 quotes

All the art of the past rises ...

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.

Alberto Giacometti 56 quotes

When I see a head from a great...

When I see a head from a great distance, it ceases to be a sphere and becomes an extreme confusion falling down into the abyss.

Alberto Giacometti 56 quotes

If only someone else could pai...

If only someone else could paint what I see, it would be marvellous, because then I wouldnt have to paint at all.

Alberto Giacometti 56 quotes

The more you fail, the more yo...

The more you fail, the more you succeed. It is only when everything is lost and - instead of giving up - you go on, that you experience the momentary prospect of some slight progress. Suddenly you have the feeling - be it an illusion or not - that something new has opened up.

Alberto Giacometti 56 quotes

In a fire, between a Rembrandt...

In a fire, between a Rembrandt and a cat, I would save the cat.

Alberto Giacometti 56 quotes

The head is what matters. The ...

The head is what matters. The rest of the body plays the part of antennae making life possible for people and life itself is inside the skull.

Alberto Giacometti 56 quotes

Failure is my best friend. If ...

Failure is my best friend. If I succeeded, it would be like dying. Maybe worse.

Alberto Giacometti 56 quotes

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