Famous quote by Alberto Giacometti

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"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"

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This quote is written / told by Alberto Giacometti between October 10, 1901 and January 11, 1966. He/she was a famous Sculptor from Switzerland. The author also have 17 other quotes.

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"A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves"

Lao Tzu, Author

"Talent in cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work"

"The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease"

Voltaire, Writer

"Advertising is the art of making whole lies out of half truths"

Edgar A. Shoaff

"One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man"

"Errors are not in the art but in the artificers"

"Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage"

"Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need"

Voltaire, Writer

"The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today"

"By the work one knows the workman"