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I paint and sculpt to get a grip on reality... to protect myself.

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
Painter
Printmaker
Sculptor
Writer
Alberṭo Gʼaḳomeṭi
Sculpt
Grip
Paint
Protect
Reality

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The object of art is not to reproduce reality, but to create a reality of the same intensity.
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