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

Quote by Alberto Giacometti

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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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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....

All the sculptures of today, like those of the past, will end one day in...

All the sculptures of today, like those of the past, will end one day in...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Once the object has been constructed, I have a tendency to discover in it, transformed...

Once the object has been constructed, I have a tendency to discover in it, transformed...

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 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.

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...

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...

The true artist doesn't substitute immorality for morality. On the contrary, he always substitutes a...

The true artist doesn't substitute immorality for morality. On the contrary, he always substitutes a...

Our natures are a lot like oil, mix us with anything else, and we strive...

Our natures are a lot like oil, mix us with anything else, and we strive...

I see drawings and pictures in the poorest of huts and the dirtiest of corners.

I see drawings and pictures in the poorest of huts and the dirtiest of corners.