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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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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

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