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My art is a form of restoration in terms of my feelings to myself and to others.
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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Paris
France
Louise Goldwater
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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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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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For me, sculpture is the body. My body is my sculpture.
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One must accept the fact that others don’t see what you do.
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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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Sometimes it is necessary to make a confrontation-and I like that.
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Art is a guarantee of sanity. That is the most important thing I have said.
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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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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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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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It is a great privilege to be able to work with, and I suppose work off, my feelings through sculpture.
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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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Tell your own story, and you will be interesting.
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It is not a torment to be an artist. It is a privilege.
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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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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 am a searcher... I always was... and I still am... searching for the missing piece.
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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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