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A work of art doesn't have to be explained. If you do not have any feeling about this, I cannot explain it to you. If this doesn't touch you, I have failed.
Louise Bourgeois
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Louise Bourgeois
Age: 98 †
Born: 1911
Born: January 1
Died: 2010
Died: January 1
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Installation Artist
Jewelry Designer
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Sculptor
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Paris
France
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I was raised a Catholic. But I am not religious. In my work, I am interested in real flesh and blood.
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One must accept the fact that others don’t see what you do.
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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 dont watch TV. I dont use a computer, a fax or a cellphone.
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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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Art is a guarantee of sanity.
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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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Sometimes it is necessary to make a confrontation-and I like that.
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The feminists took me as a role model, as a mother. It bothers me. I am not interested in being a mother. I am still a girl trying to understand myself.
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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.
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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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For me, sculpture is the body. My body is my sculpture.
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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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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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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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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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It is not a torment to be an artist. It is a privilege.
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