Situations (Jean-Paul Sartre)

....."Ironic, defiant, ceremonious and tender, Giacometti sees empty space everywhere.... Between things as between men, the bridges are broken, and emptiness seeps in everywhere, every creature concealing his own. Giacometti became a sculptor because he was obsessed by vacuum."...." What he tries to convey are his internal feelings, the boundless void enclosing him to the storm. Giacometti is a sculptor because he carries his vacuum along with him, as a snail its shell, because he wants to retain his awareness of all its facets and dimensions."....."The street is deserted in the sunshine, but in the midst of this emptiness, a figure suddenly appears. The sculpture creates vacuum, starting from plenum."..."For this is the essence of the whole problem; vacuum will forever precede the beings who inhabit it, if it is first enclosed within walls."

p.179-181