Louise Bourgeois Quotes

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• Art is a guarantee of sanity.
• Clothing is . . . an exercise in memory. It makes me explore the past: how did I feel when I wore that. They are…
• The colour blue - that is my colour - and the colour blue means you have left the drabness of day-to-day reality to be transported…
• I came from a family of repairers. The spider is a repairer. If you bash into the web of a spider, she doesn't get mad.…
• I am not what I am, I am what I do with my hands...
• My knives are like a tongue - I love, I do not love, I hate. If you don’t love me, I am ready to attack.…
• Sometimes it is necessary to make a confrontation-and I like that.
• I have been to hell and back, and let me tell you, it was wonderful.
• The Spider is an ode to my mother. She was my best friend. Like a spider, my mother was a weaver. . . Like spiders,…
• Women had to work like slaves in the art world, but a lot of men got to the top through their charm. And it hurt…
• My childhood has never lost its magic, it has never lost its mystery, and it has never lost its drama.
• My mother was a restorer, she repaired broken things. I don't do that. I destroy things. I cannot go the straight line. I must destroy,…
• My work disturbs people and nobody wants to be disturbed. They are not fully aware of the effect my work has on them, but they…
• A work of art does not need an explanation. The work has to speak for itself. The work may be subject to many interpretations, but…
• A work of art doesn't have to be explained,
• Art is restoration: the idea is to repair the damages that are inflicted in life, to make something that is fragmented - which is what…
• When I was growing up, all the women in my house were using needles. I've always had a fascination with the needle, the magic power…
• 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…
• Everything I do is inspired by my early life”, Bourgeois’ looked up to her mother who was the most important person in her life for…
• Everyone should have the right to marry. To make a commitment to love someone forever is a beautiful thing.

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