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
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More quotes by Alberto Giacometti
- 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.
- 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.