Surrealism is anathema for me. Because the surrealists made a joke of everything. And I consider life a tragedy. — Louise Bourgeois Copy Share Image
I have drawn my whole life. My parents were in the tapestry restoration business, and as a young girl, I would draw… — Louise Bourgeois Copy Share Image
Everything I do is inspired by my early life”, Bourgeois’ looked up to her mother who was the most important person in… — Louise Bourgeois Copy Share Image
Art is restoration: the idea is to repair the damages that are inflicted in life, to make something that is fragmented -… — Louise Bourgeois Copy Share Image
I have drawn my whole life. My parents were in the tapestry restoration business, and as a young girl, I would draw… — Louise Bourgeois Copy Share Image
The subject of pain is the business I am in - to give meaning and shape to frustration and suffering. The existence… — 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
