Artist Quotes by Louise Berliawsky Nevelson

12 Artist quotes by Louise Berliawsky Nevelson

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Louise Nevelson’s words cut to the core of her assemblage practice, emphasizing shadow, rhythm, and the poetry of found objects. In 12 concise reflections she offers a glimpse into how she transforms material into immersive environments.

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I've taught, and the first thing I did when I taught art, was not to teach art.

Louise Berliawsky Nevelson

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Who is an artist? I say we take a title. No one gives it to us. We make our lives.

Louise Berliawsky Nevelson

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I only know this - that you can’t give advice to an artist.

Louise Berliawsky Nevelson

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I always wanted to show the world that art is everywhere, except it has to pass through a creative mind.

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I was given the gifts of the artist, and the trouble that goes with them: So I have that blessing, and there…

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A white lace curtain on the window was for me as important as a great work of art. This gossamer quality, the…

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I think most artists create out of despair. The very nature of creation is not a performing glory on the outside, it's…

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You take a painting, you have a white, virginal piece of canvas that is the world of purity, and then you put…

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Early in school, they called me 'the artist.' When teachers wanted things painted, they called upon me, they called upon 'the artist.'…

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I feel totally female. I didn't compete with men and I don't want to look like a man! I love being a…

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In the first grade, I already knew the pattern of my life. I didn't know the living of it, but I knew…

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Another thing about creation is that every day it is like it gave birth, and it's always kind of an innocent and…

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Character is the architect of the being.

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I have made my world and it is a much better world than I ever saw outside.

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I never for one minute questioned what I had to do. I did not think for one minute that I didn't have what I…

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It gave me great pleasure to think that I could take wood, make it good, and make people like Rockefeller buy it with paper…

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I never liked the middle ground-the most boring place in the world.

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In the first grade, I already knew the pattern of my life. I didn't know the living of it, but I knew the line……

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And I saw darkness for weeks. It never dawned on me that I could come out of it, but you heal. Nature heals you,…

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The outside wold pressures you into a mold, but if you don't accept that - you gamble with life. Call it gambling.

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We must create our own world.

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I've taught, and the first thing I did when I taught art, was not to teach art.

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My husband's family was terribly refined. Within their circle you could know Beethoven, but God forbid if you were Beethoven.

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