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Louise Bourgeois Quotes

My mother was a restorer, she repaired broken things. I don’t do that. I destroy things. I cannot go the straight line. I must destroy, rebuild, destroy again. My rhythm is not the same. My mother moved in a straight line: I go from one extreme to the other Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Once I was beset by anxiety but I pushed the fear away by studying the sky, determining when the moon would come out and where the sun would appear in the morning Picture Quote #1

My work has to do with a defense against fervor. People are always in a rush. To do what? To do nothing! There is a kind of fervor that is completely meaningless. This drawing is a call for meditation... I am an insomniac, so for me the state of being asleep is paradise. It is a paradise I can never reach. But I still try to conquer the insomnia, and to a large extent I have done it; it is conquerable. My drawings are a kind of rocking or stroking and an attempt at finding peace. Peaceful rhythm. Like rocking a baby to sleep Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

What modern art means is that you have to keep finding new ways to express yourself, to express the problems, that there are no settled ways, no fixed approach. This is a painful situation, and modern art is about this painful situation of having no absolutely definite way of expressing yourself Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

I do not need the musing of the philosophers to tell me what I am doing. It would be more interesting to let me know why I am doing it Picture Quote #1

It is a great privilege to be able to work with, and I suppose work off, my feelings through sculpture Picture Quote #1

I am a searcher... I always was... and I still am... searching for the missing piece Picture Quote #1

Horizontality is a desire to give up, to sleep. Verticality is an attempt to escape. Hanging and floating are states of ambivalence Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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Everyone should have the right to marry. To make a commitment to love someone forever is a beautiful thing Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I always had the fear of being separated and abandoned. The sewing is my attempt to keep things together and make things whole Picture Quote #1

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My mother was a restorer, she repaired broken things. I don’t do that. I destroy things. I cannot go the straight line. I must destroy, rebuild, destroy again. My rhythm is not the same. My mother moved in a straight line: I go from one extreme to the other (Louise Bourgeois Quotes) 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 (Louise Bourgeois Quotes) Once I was beset by anxiety but I pushed the fear away by studying the sky, determining when the moon would come out and where the sun would appear in the morning (Louise Bourgeois Quotes) My work has to do with a defense against fervor. People are always in a rush. To do what? To do nothing! There is a kind of fervor that is completely meaningless. This drawing is a call for meditation... I am an insomniac, so for me the state of being asleep is paradise. It is a paradise I can never reach. But I still try to conquer the insomnia, and to a large extent I have done it; it is conquerable. My drawings are a kind of rocking or stroking and an attempt at finding peace. Peaceful rhythm. Like rocking a baby to sleep (Louise Bourgeois Quotes) 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 (Louise Bourgeois Quotes) What modern art means is that you have to keep finding new ways to express yourself, to express the problems, that there are no settled ways, no fixed approach. This is a painful situation, and modern art is about this painful situation of having no absolutely definite way of expressing yourself (Louise Bourgeois Quotes) 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 (Louise Bourgeois Quotes) I do not need the musing of the philosophers to tell me what I am doing. It would be more interesting to let me know why I am doing it (Louise Bourgeois Quotes) It is a great privilege to be able to work with, and I suppose work off, my feelings through sculpture (Louise Bourgeois Quotes) I am a searcher... I always was... and I still am... searching for the missing piece (Louise Bourgeois Quotes) Horizontality is a desire to give up, to sleep. Verticality is an attempt to escape. Hanging and floating are states of ambivalence (Louise Bourgeois Quotes) 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 (Louise Bourgeois Quotes) Everyone should have the right to marry. To make a commitment to love someone forever is a beautiful thing (Louise Bourgeois Quotes) 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 Quotes) I always had the fear of being separated and abandoned. The sewing is my attempt to keep things together and make things whole (Louise Bourgeois Quotes)

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