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What I am looking for is not happiness. I work solely because it is impossible for me to do anything else.
Alberto Giacometti
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Alberto Giacometti
Age: 64 †
Born: 1901
Born: October 10
Died: 1966
Died: January 11
Artist
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Graphic Artist
Jewelry Designer
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Alberṭo Gʼaḳomeṭi
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Only reality interests me now and I know I could spend the rest of my life in copying a chair.
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