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.

Quote by Alberto Giacometti

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

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

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

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

Whores are the most honest girls. They present the bill right away.

Whores are the most honest girls. They present the bill right away.

In every work of art the subject is primordial, whether the artist knows it or...

In every work of art the subject is primordial, whether the artist knows it or...

When you look at art made by other people, you see what you need to...

When you look at art made by other people, you see what you need to...

I've tried doing so, for it was never my intention to paint only with gray....

I've tried doing so, for it was never my intention to paint only with gray....

If only someone else could paint what I see, it would be marvellous, because then...

If only someone else could paint what I see, it would be marvellous, because then...

I've been fifty thousand times to the Louvre. I have copied everything in drawing, trying...

I've been fifty thousand times to the Louvre. I have copied everything in drawing, trying...

It is impossible to do a thing the way I see it because the closer...

It is impossible to do a thing the way I see it because the closer...

All I can do will only ever be a faint image of what I see...

All I can do will only ever be a faint image of what I see...

I don't know if I work in order to do something, or in order to...

I don't know if I work in order to do something, or in order to...

In the past I have never thought about loneliness when working, and I don't think...

In the past I have never thought about loneliness when working, and I don't think...

Artistically I am still a child with a whole life ahead of me to discover...

Artistically I am still a child with a whole life ahead of me to discover...

It was always disappointing to see that what I could really master in terms of...

It was always disappointing to see that what I could really master in terms of...

Only reality interests me now and I know I could spend the rest of my...

Only reality interests me now and I know I could spend the rest of my...

That's the terrible thing: the more one works on a picture, the more impossible it...

That's the terrible thing: the more one works on a picture, the more impossible it...

The object of art is not to reproduce reality, but to create a reality of...

The object of art is not to reproduce reality, but to create a reality of...

There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove...

There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove...

I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind...

I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind...

Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers... What...

Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers... What...