"My work disturbs people and nobody wants to……" — Louise Bourgeois
"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 know it is disturbing."
—
Louise Bourgeois
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
51 Quotes by Louise Bourgeois
Louise Bourgeois has 51 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
Art is a guarantee of sanity.
-
Clothing is . . . an exercise in memory. It makes me explore the past: how did I feel when…
-
The colour blue - that is my colour - and the colour blue means you have left the drabness of…
-
I came from a family of repairers. The spider is a repairer. If you bash into the web of a…
-
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,…
-
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…
-
Women had to work like slaves in the art world, but a lot of men got to the top through…
-
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…
See all 51 quotes by Louise Bourgeois »
More Aware Quotes
This quote is filed under Aware Quotes,
one of 2,807 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
I stay true to myself and my style, and I am always pushing myself to be aware of that and…
— Aaliyah
-
The police can't protect consumers. People need to be more aware and educated about identity theft. You need to be…
— Frank Abagnale
-
Steve Irwin did wonderful conservation work but I was uncomfortable about some of his stunts. Even if animals aren't aware…
— David Attenborough
-
I can scarcely manage to scribble a tolerable English letter. I know that I am not a scholar, but meantime…
— John James Audubon
-
I was living an extremely burdensome life, because every time I prayed, I became more clearly aware of my faults.…
— Teresa of Avila
-
In high school, I was so painfully self-aware that how I thought of myself was probably very different from what…
— Amy Adams
-
Death is a companion for all of us, whether we acknowledge it or not, whether we're aware of it or…
— Alan Ball
-
These people live again in print as intensely as when their images were captured on old dry plates of sixty…
— Ansel Adams
-
You know, I'm gay and I grew up being aware of that at a very early age, in a fairly…
— Alan Ball
-
Events that are predestined require but little management. They manage themselves. They slip into place while we sleep, and suddenly…
— Amelia Barr
-
You don't have to be a 'person of influence' to be influential. In fact, the most influential people in my…
— Scott Adams
-
If I get a script that's set in the jungle it goes to the bottom of the pile because I…
— Kate Beckinsale
See all 2,807 Aware Quotes »