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An artist can show things that other people are terrified of expressing.
Louise Bourgeois
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Louise Bourgeois
Age: 98 †
Born: 1911
Born: January 1
Died: 2010
Died: January 1
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I am a searcher... I always was... and I still am... searching for the missing piece.
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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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Art is restoration: the idea is to repair the damages that are inflicted in life, to make something that is fragmented - which is what fear and anxiety do to a person - into something whole.
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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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My art is a form of restoration in terms of my feelings to myself and to others.
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Art is a way of recognizing oneself.
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Art is a guarantee of sanity. That is the most important thing I have said.
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The spider is an animal who eats mosquitoes. That's why I love the spider - it is the only way we have to deal with these insects.
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I found in rules of mathematics a peace and a trust that I could not place in human beings. This sublimation was total and remained total.
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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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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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It is not a torment to be an artist. It is a privilege.
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I always had the fear of being separated and abandoned. The sewing is my attempt to keep things together and make things whole.
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If you flatter me, or if you look at me the right way, I will kill myself to please you. It's very painful to be an overachiever.
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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.
Louise Bourgeois
I dont watch TV. I dont use a computer, a fax or a cellphone.
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The Spider is an ode to my mother. She was my best friend. Like a spider, my mother was a weaver. . . Like spiders, my mother was very clever. Spiders are friendly presences that eat mosquitoes. We know that mosquitoes spread diseases and are therefore unwanted. So, spiders are helpful and protective, just like my mother.
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It is a great privilege to be able to work with, and I suppose work off, my feelings through sculpture.
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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. I am a double-edged knife.
Louise Bourgeois
A work of art doesn't have to be explained.
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