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
Even though what I do does enter the market, it doesn't interest me. I am exclusively concerned with the formal qualities of… — Louise Bourgeois Copy Share Image
I was raised a Catholic. But I am not religious. In my work, I am interested in real flesh and blood. — Louise Bourgeois Copy Share Image
Look at it this way - a totem pole is just a decorated tree. My work is a confessional. — Louise Bourgeois Copy Share Image
Don't get the green disease of envy. Don't be fooled by success and money. Don't let anything come between you and your… — 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