I think most artists create out of despair. The very nature of creation is not a performing glory on the outside, it's a painful, difficult search within. — Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Copy Share Image
I was given the gifts of the artist, and the trouble that goes with them: So I have that blessing, and there was never… — Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Copy Share Image
I have made my world and it is a much better world than I ever saw outside. — Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Copy Share Image
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… — Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Copy Share Image
It gave me great pleasure to think that I could take wood, make it good, and make people like Rockefeller buy it with paper… — Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Copy Share Image
I never liked the middle ground-the most boring place in the world. — Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Copy Share Image
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…… — Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Copy Share Image
And I saw darkness for weeks. It never dawned on me that I could come out of it, but you heal. Nature heals you,… — Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Copy Share Image
The outside wold pressures you into a mold, but if you don't accept that - you gamble with life. Call it gambling. — Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Copy Share Image
I've taught, and the first thing I did when I taught art, was not to teach art. — Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Copy Share Image
I feel totally female. I didn't compete with men and I don't want to look like a man! I love being a lady and… — Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Copy Share Image
Early in school, they called me 'the artist.' When teachers wanted things painted, they called upon me, they called upon 'the artist.' I am… — Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Copy Share Image
My husband's family was terribly refined. Within their circle you could know Beethoven, but God forbid if you were Beethoven. — Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Copy Share Image
Another thing about creation is that every day it is like it gave birth, and it's always kind of innocent and refreshing. So it's… — Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Copy Share Image
