In every work of art the subject is primordial, whether the artist knows it or not. The measure of the formal qualities is only a sign of the measure of the artist's obsession with his subject; the form is always in proportion to the obsession.


Alberto Giacometti (1945), as cited in: Joel Shatzky, Michael Taub (1999), Contemporary Jewish-American Dramatists and Poets. p. 302

Alberto Giacometti Quotes

In every work of art the subject is primordial, whether the artist knows it or not. The measure of the formal qualities is only a sign of the measure ...

In every work of art the subject is primordial, whether the artist knows it or not. The measure of the formal qualities is only a sign of the measure ...

In every work of art the subject is primordial, whether the artist knows it or not. The measure of the formal qualities is only a sign of the measure ...

In every work of art the subject is primordial, whether the artist knows it or not. The measure of the formal qualities is only a sign of the measure ...