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> [My life has been regulated by insomnia.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-bourgeois/my-life-has-been-regulated-by-insomnia/)

[Louise Bourgeois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-bourgeois/)

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> [My work has to do with a defense against fervor. People are always in a rush. To do what? To do nothing! There is a kind of fervor that is completely meaningless. This drawing is a call for meditation… I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-bourgeois/my-work-has-to-do-with-a-defense-against-fervor-people-are-always-in/)

[Louise Bourgeois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-bourgeois/)

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## Other authors on Insomnia

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## More by Louise Bourgeois

> [Artists have to be useful. They have to fill a role.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-bourgeois/artists-have-to-be-useful-they-have-to-fill-a-role/)

[Louise Bourgeois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-bourgeois/)

> [I am a searcher... I always was... and I still am... searching for the missing piece.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-bourgeois/i-am-a-searcher-i-always-was-and-i-still-am-searching-for-the-missing/)

[Louise Bourgeois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-bourgeois/)

> [My life has been regulated by insomnia.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-bourgeois/my-life-has-been-regulated-by-insomnia/)

[Louise Bourgeois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-bourgeois/)

> [The colour blue - that is my colour - and the colour blue means you have left the drabness of day-to-day reality to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-bourgeois/the-colour-blue-that-is-my-colour-and-the-colour-blue-means-you-have/)

[Louise Bourgeois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-bourgeois/)

> [Artists are born not made. There's nothing you can do for them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-bourgeois/artists-are-born-not-made-there-s-nothing-you-can-do-for-them/)

[Louise Bourgeois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-bourgeois/)

> [Everywhere in the modern world there is neglect, the need to be recognized, which is not satisfied. Art is a way of recognizing oneself,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-bourgeois/everywhere-in-the-modern-world-there-is-neglect-the-need-to-be/)

[Louise Bourgeois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-bourgeois/)

> [It is not so much where my motivation comes from but rather how it manages to survive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-bourgeois/it-is-not-so-much-where-my-motivation-comes-from-but-rather-how-it/)

[Louise Bourgeois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-bourgeois/)

> [Art is manipulation without intervention.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-bourgeois/art-is-manipulation-without-intervention/)

[Louise Bourgeois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-bourgeois/)

> [Surrealism is anathema for me. Because the surrealists made a joke of everything. And I consider life a tragedy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-bourgeois/surrealism-is-anathema-for-me-because-the-surrealists-made-a-joke-of/)

[Louise Bourgeois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-bourgeois/)

> [I am a lonely runner, but I am a long-distance runner.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-bourgeois/i-am-a-lonely-runner-but-i-am-a-long-distance-runner/)

[Louise Bourgeois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-bourgeois/)

> [I work like a bee and feel that I accomplish little.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-bourgeois/i-work-like-a-bee-and-feel-that-i-accomplish-little/)

[Louise Bourgeois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-bourgeois/)

> [“there are many realities”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-bourgeois/there-are-many-realities/)

[Louise Bourgeois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-bourgeois/)

> [Horizontality is a desire to give up, to sleep. Verticality is an attempt to escape. Hanging and floating are states of ambivalence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-bourgeois/horizontality-is-a-desire-to-give-up-to-sleep-verticality-is-an/)

[Louise Bourgeois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-bourgeois/)

> [Clothing is . . . an exercise in memory. It makes me explore the past: how did I feel when I wore that. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-bourgeois/clothing-is-an-exercise-in-memory-it-makes-me-explore-the-past-how/)

[Louise Bourgeois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-bourgeois/)

> [What modern art means is that you have to keep finding new ways to express yourself, to express the problems, that there are no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-bourgeois/what-modern-art-means-is-that-you-have-to-keep-finding-new-ways-to/)

[Louise Bourgeois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-bourgeois/)

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