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

Alberto Giacometti

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Alberto Giacometti
Age: 64 †
Born: 1901
Born: October 10
Died: 1966
Died: January 11
Artist
Designer
Drawer
Graphic Artist
Jewelry Designer
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Printmaker
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Alberṭo Gʼaḳomeṭi
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Way
Awe
Differently
Closer
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Impossible
Seeing

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