"Women had to work like slaves in the……" — Louise Bourgeois
"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 them. To be young and pretty didn't help a woman in the art world, because the social scene, and the buying scene, was in the hands of women – women who had money. They wanted male artists who would come alone and be their charming guests. Rothko could be very charming. It was a court. And the artist buffoons came to the court to entertain, to charm. Now it has changed, now the younger men are in – older women and younger men."
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Louise Bourgeois
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51 Quotes by Louise Bourgeois
Louise Bourgeois has 51 quotes on this site.
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Art is a guarantee of sanity.
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Clothing is . . . an exercise in memory. It makes me explore the past: how did I feel when…
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The colour blue - that is my colour - and the colour blue means you have left the drabness of…
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I came from a family of repairers. The spider is a repairer. If you bash into the web of a…
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I am not what I am, I am what I do with my hands...
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My knives are like a tongue - I love, I do not love, I hate. If you don’t love me,…
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Sometimes it is necessary to make a confrontation-and I like that.
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I have been to hell and back, and let me tell you, it was wonderful.
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The Spider is an ode to my mother. She was my best friend. Like a spider, my mother was a…
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My childhood has never lost its magic, it has never lost its mystery, and it has never lost its drama.
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My mother was a restorer, she repaired broken things. I don't do that. I destroy things. I cannot go the…
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My work disturbs people and nobody wants to be disturbed. They are not fully aware of the effect my work…
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