Alberto Giacometti Quotes


I don't know who I am or who I was. I know it less than ever. I do and I don't identify myself with myself. Everything is totally contradictory, but maybe I have remained exactly as I was as a small boy of twelve.


Citations

Lord, James. Giacometti: A Biography. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1985, p. 431.

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Alberto Giacometti
Alberto Giacometti
  • Born: October 10, 1901
  • Died: January 11, 1966
  • Nationality: Swiss
  • Profession: Sculptor

Alberto Giacometti was a Swiss sculptor, painter, draftsman and printmaker. Beginning in 1922, he lived and worked mainly in Paris but regularly visited his hometown Borgonovo to see his family and work on his art.