Quote by Alberto Giacometti
In every work of art the subject is primordial, whether the artist

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 artists obsession with his subject the form is always in proportion to the obsession. – Alberto Giacometti

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