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My life has been regulated by insomnia.
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
Photographer
Printmaker
Sculptor
Visual Artist
Paris
France
Louise Goldwater
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Insomnia
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Life
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It is not a torment to be an artist. It is a privilege.
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Art is a way of recognizing oneself.
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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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An artist can show things that other people are terrified of expressing.
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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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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.
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Artists are born not made. There's nothing you can do for them.
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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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Sometimes it is necessary to make a confrontation-and I like that.
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I dont watch TV. I dont use a computer, a fax or a cellphone.
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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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One must accept the fact that others don’t see what you do.
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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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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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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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Tell your own story, and you will be interesting.
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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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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.
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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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