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Louise Bourgeois Inspirational Quotes (41)

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Tell your own story, and you will be interesting.
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My life has been regulated by insomnia.
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I was a runaway girl from France who married an American and moved to New York City. Im not sure I would have continued as an artist had I remained in Paris because of the family setup.
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I am a searcher... I always was... and I still am... searching for the missing piece.
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Everyone should have the right to marry. To make a commitment to love someone forever is a beautiful thing.
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I have drawn my whole life. My parents were in the tapestry restoration business, and as a young girl, I would draw in the missing parts of the tapestry that needed to be re-woven. My ability to draw made me indispensable to my parents.
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Art is a guarantee of sanity.
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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.
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Every day you have to abandon your past or accept it and then, if you cannot accept it, you become a sculptor.
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Clothing is . . . an exercise in memory. It makes me explore the past: how did I feel when I wore that. They are like signposts in the search for the past.
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If you are resentful, you keep the thing alive. So the way to go on is to get rid of it, in order to forgive in order to forget.
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One must accept the fact that others don’t see what you do.
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You must put the essence of what you want to say into a painting. The rest is arbitrary. Chosen with discernment, but chosen, and choice involves elimination.
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Art is a guarantee of sanity. That is the most important thing I have said.
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Everywhere in the modern world there is neglect, the need to be recognized, which is not satisfied. Art is a way of recognizing oneself, which is why it will always be modern.
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Artists are born not made. There's nothing you can do for them.
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It is not a torment to be an artist. It is a privilege.
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