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Alberto Giacometti

The form is always the measure of the obsession.

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(Art is) the residue of vision.

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The more you fail, the more you succeed. It is only when everything is lost and - instead of giving up - you go on, that you experience the momentary prospect of some slight progress. Suddenly you have the feeling - be it an illusion or not - that something new has opened up.

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I've tried doing so, for it was never my intention to paint only with gray. But in the course of my work I have eliminated one color after another, and what has remained is gray, gray, gray!

Color, Intention, Paint, Tried, Remained

The object of art is not to reproduce reality, but to create a reality of the same intensity.

Art, Inspirational, Motivational, Object, Photography, Reality

When one lives with problems of importance, the prostitute is ideal. You pay, and whether or not you fail is of no importance. She doesn't care.

Care, Pay, Problem, Fail

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It's been really exciting to work on a collaborative, creative team where we got to bounce ideas back and forth and figure out the best one.

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