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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.
Louise Bourgeois
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Louise Bourgeois
Age: 98 †
Born: 1911
Born: January 1
Died: 2010
Died: January 1
Artist
Drawer
Engraver
Illustrator
Installation Artist
Jewelry Designer
Painter
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Printmaker
Sculptor
Visual Artist
Paris
France
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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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I am not what I am, I am what I do with my hands.
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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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I am a searcher... I always was... and I still am... searching for the missing piece.
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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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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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Artists are born not made. There's nothing you can do for them.
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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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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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