Alberto Giacometti

Visual Arts Switzerland 1901 – 1966 100 quotes

Existentialist of elongated walking figures, evoking isolation.

Quotes by Alberto Giacometti

I sculpt the invisible.

Letter 1964

Life's fragility inspires me.

Speech 1951

The figure walks through emptiness.

Book 1958

Doubt is my constant companion.

Personal reflection 1942

Art reveals the soul's isolation.

Interview 1961

I chase the shadow of truth.

Letter 1936

The material resists, but I persist.

Speech 1954

Humanity is reduced to essence.

Book 1947

Every line is a battle.

Interview 1959

The void surrounds us all.

Personal reflection 1966

I am a prisoner of my vision.

Letter 1943

Sculpture captures the fleeting.

Speech 1952

The eye sees what the heart knows.

Book 1960

Isolation breeds creation.

Interview 1939

My figures stand defiant.

Personal reflection 1955

Art is the echo of existence.

Letter 1946

I reduce to reveal.

Speech 1963

The human spirit endures.

Book 1957

In the studio, time dissolves.

Interview 1941

The form emerges from chaos.

Personal reflection 1965