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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.
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
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Paris
France
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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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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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Sometimes it is necessary to make a confrontation-and I like that.
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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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Tell your own story, and you will be interesting.
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My life has been regulated by insomnia.
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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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Horizontality is a desire to give up, to sleep. Verticality is an attempt to escape. Hanging and floating are states of ambivalence.
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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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