Home / Quotes / Quote by Alberto Giacometti

Quote by Alberto Giacometti

“When I make my drawings... the path traced by my pencil on the sheet of paper is, to some extent, analogous to the gesture of a man groping his way in the darkness.”

Quote by Alberto Giacometti

Author

Alberto Giacometti

Alberto Giacometti was a Swiss sculptor and painter known for his unique abstract sculptures and expressionist style. His works often feature elongated human figures, reflecting themes of human loneliness and existence. Giacometti's work holds a significant place in the history of 20th-century art. more

You May Also Like

“Taste for things of the past evolves, doesn't it? What was a masterpiece a hundred years ago is no longer so today.”

Years Today Past Evolution Taste Hundred Years Ago Evolve Masterpiece

Author:Alberto Giacometti

“When one lives with problems of importance, the prostitute is ideal. You pay, and whether or not you fail is of no importance. She doesn't care.”

Problem Care Pay Failing Ideals Importance

Author:Alberto Giacometti

“At first, one sees the person who is modelling; but little by little, all of the possible sculptures that could be made come between artist and model.”

Firsts Littles Persons Made Artist Models Sculpture Modelling

Author:Alberto Giacometti

“If the glass there in front of me astounds me more than all the glasses I've seen in painting, and if I even think that the greatest architectural wonder of the world couldn't affect me more than this glass, it's really not worth while going to the Indies to see some temple or other when I have as much and more right in front of me.”

Ifs Thinking World Wonder Fronts Painting Glasses Temples Wonder Of The World

Book:Thirteen bronzes: Alberto Giacometti

Source: Thirteen bronzes: Alberto Giacometti

“Access to information and freedom of access to it may seem like a fundamental right but there are many people who think, rightly or wrongly, it is for your own good that it is hidden.”

People Thinking May Seems Information Fundamentals Access Access To Information

Author:Alberto Gonzales

“Realism and Naturalism rely mostly on the eye of the flesh. Abstract, conceptual and surrealistic art rely mostly on the eye of the mind. Great works of art rely on the eye of contemplation, the eye of the spirit.”

Mind Art Eye Spirit Flesh Contemplation Rely Abstract Works Of Art Realism Great Work Naturalism

Author:Alex Grey

“The purpose of truly transcendent art is to express something you are not yet, but something that you can become.”

Art Purpose Art Is Transcendent

Book:The Mission of Art

Source: The Mission of Art

“Three or four stones in one firing will all react differently. I try to achieve a balance between those that haven't progressed enough and those about to go too far.”

Trying Enough Three Four Achieve Havens Balance Stones Firing

Author:Andy Goldsworthy

“It takes between three and six hours to make each snowball, depending on snow quality. Wet snow is quick to work with but also quick to thaw, which can lead to a tense journey to the cold store.”

Artist Three Hours Quality Journey Cold Six Stores Snow Wet Tense Snowball

Book:Midsummer Snowballs

Source: Midsummer Snowballs

“As you grow older you realize that art has an enormous effect. It's frightening sometimes to think of the effect that we can have.”

Thinking Art Sometimes Grows Realizing Effects Aging Enormous Frightening Time To Think

Author:Andy Goldsworthy