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Louise Bourgeois

French Artist

Born: Dec 25, 1911

Died: May 31, 2010

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Related authors: Camille Pissarro Claude Monet Edgar Degas Henri Matisse Marc Chagall Marcel Duchamp Paul Cezanne Paul Gauguin

Space is something that you have to define. Otherwise, it is like anxiety, which is too vague. A fear is something specific. I like claustrophobic spaces, because at least then you know your limits. Louise Bourgeois

Tell your own story, and you will be interesting. Louise Bourgeois

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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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I don't watch TV. I don't use a computer, a fax or a cellphone. Louise Bourgeois

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I know that when I finish a drawing, my anxiety level decreases. The realistic drawings are a way of pinning down an idea. I don't want to loose it. With the abstract drawings, when I'm feeling loose, I can slip into the unconscious. Louise Bourgeois

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Even though what I do does enter the market, it doesn't interest me. I am exclusively concerned with the formal qualities of my work. It is about the need and the right to self-expression. Louise Bourgeois

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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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I have kept a diary as long as I can remember, and drawings are really another kind of diary. Louise Bourgeois

Remember Long Drawings Kind Another Diary Really Kept

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