You take a painting, you have a white, virginal piece of canvas that is the world of purity, and then you put your imagery on it, and you try to bring it back to the original purity. — 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, and you do come out of it. All of a sudden I saw a crack of light ... then all of a sudden I saw another crack of light. Then I saw forms in the light.… — Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Copy Share
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
