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Only reality interests me now and I know I could spend the rest of my life in copying a chair.

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
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Reality
Life
Copying
Chair
Chairs
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Spend
Rest

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