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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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Drawer
Engraver
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Installation Artist
Jewelry Designer
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Printmaker
Sculptor
Visual Artist
Paris
France
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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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Art is a guarantee of sanity. That is the most important thing I have said.
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Artists are born not made. There's nothing you can do for them.
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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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A work of art doesn't have to be explained.
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My life has been regulated by insomnia.
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I am a searcher... I always was... and I still am... searching for the missing piece.
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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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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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Art is a way of recognizing oneself.
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For me, sculpture is the body. My body is my sculpture.
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One must accept the fact that others don’t see what you do.
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When I was growing up, all the women in my house were using needles. I've always had a fascination with the needle, the magic power of the needle. The needle is used to repair damage. It's a claim to forgiveness. It is never aggressive, it's not a pin.
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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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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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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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Everyone should have the right to marry. To make a commitment to love someone forever is a beautiful thing.
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In my sculpture, it's not an image I am seeking, it's not an idea. My goal is to re-live a past emotion. My art is an exorcism, and beauty is something I never talk about.
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I dont watch TV. I dont use a computer, a fax or a cellphone.
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Sometimes it is necessary to make a confrontation-and I like that.
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