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Another thing about creation is that every day it is like it gave birth, and it's always kind of innocent and refreshing. So it's always virginal to me, and it's always a surprise.
Louise Berliawsky Nevelson
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Louise Berliawsky Nevelson
Age: 88 †
Born: 1899
Born: September 23
Died: 1988
Died: April 17
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Louise B. Nevelson
Louise Berliawsky Nevelson
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Leike Berliawsky
Louise née Berliawsky
Louise nee Berliawsky
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What we start with is a conviction to fulfill our being. Horses, trees fulfill themselves. Why shouldn't people.
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I never feel age... If you have creative work you don't have age or time.
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If you have got a living force and you're not using it, nature kicks you back. The blood boils just like you put it in a pot.
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I think all great innovations are built on rejections.
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I still want to do my work. I still want to do my livingness. And I have lived. I have been fulfilled. I recognized what I had, and I never sold it short. And I ain't through yet.
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I feel that women 'and men,' but I mean the 'individual,' can be totally feminine and still be totally powerful.
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