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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.
Louise Bourgeois
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Louise Bourgeois
Age: 98 †
Born: 1911
Born: January 1
Died: 2010
Died: January 1
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Tell your own story, and you will be interesting.
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Art is a way of recognizing oneself.
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One must accept the fact that others don’t see what you do.
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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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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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Artists are born not made. There's nothing you can do for them.
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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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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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Everyone should have the right to marry. To make a commitment to love someone forever is a beautiful thing.
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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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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 found in rules of mathematics a peace and a trust that I could not place in human beings. This sublimation was total and remained total.
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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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It is a great privilege to be able to work with, and I suppose work off, my feelings through sculpture.
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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 not what I am, I am what I do with my hands.
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It is not a torment to be an artist. It is a privilege.
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