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The head is what matters. The rest of the body plays the part of antennae making life possible for people and life itself is inside the skull.

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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Jewelry Designer
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Alberṭo Gʼaḳomeṭi
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Taste for things of the past evolves, doesn't it? What was a masterpiece a hundred years ago is no longer so today.
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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.
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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.
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