My work disturbs people and nobody wants to be disturbed. They are not fully aware of the effect my work has on… — Louise Bourgeois Copy Share Image
The Spider is an ode to my mother. She was my best friend. Like a spider, my mother was a weaver. .… — Louise Bourgeois Copy Share Image
A work of art does not need an explanation. The work has to speak for itself. The work may be subject to… — Louise Bourgeois Copy Share Image
I do not need the musing of the philosophers to tell me what I am doing. It would be more interesting to… — Louise Bourgeois Copy Share Image
I like Francis Bacon best, because Francis Bacon has terrific problems, and he knows that he is not going to solve them,… — Louise Bourgeois Copy Share Image
To express your emotions, you have to be very loose and receptive. The unconscious will come to you if you have that… — Louise Bourgeois Copy Share Image
I am a searcher... I always was... and I still am... searching for the missing piece. — Louise Bourgeois Copy Share Image
The colour blue - that is my colour - and the colour blue means you have left the drabness of day-to-day reality to be… — Louise Bourgeois Copy Share Image
Everywhere in the modern world there is neglect, the need to be recognized, which is not satisfied. Art is a way of recognizing oneself,… — Louise Bourgeois Copy Share Image
It is not so much where my motivation comes from but rather how it manages to survive. — Louise Bourgeois Copy Share Image
Surrealism is anathema for me. Because the surrealists made a joke of everything. And I consider life a tragedy. — Louise Bourgeois Copy Share Image
