At the dinner table when I was very little, I would hear people bickering... To escape the bickering, I started modelling the soft bread with my fingers. With the dough of the French bread %u2013 sometimes it was still warm %u2013 I would make little figures. And I would line them up on the table and this was really my first sculpture.
One must accept the fact that others don’t see what you do. - Louise Bourgeois
One must accept the fact that others don’t see what you do.
- Louise Bourgeois
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. Th… - Louise Bourgeois
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. Th…
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. Spider… - Louise Bourgeois
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. Spider…
I am not what I am, I am what I do with my hands. - Louise Bourgeois
I am not what I am, I am what I do with my hands.
Art is a way of recognizing oneself. - Louise Bourgeois
Art is a way of recognizing oneself.
It is not so much where my motivation comes from but rather how it manages to survive. - Louise Bourgeois
It is not so much where my motivation comes from but rather how it manages to survive.
I am a searcher... I always was... and I still am... searching for the missing piece. - Louise Bourgeois
I am a searcher... I always was... and I still am... searching for the missing piece.
Art is a guarantee of sanity. That is the most important thing I have said. - Louise Bourgeois
Art is a guarantee of sanity. That is the most important thing I have said.
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 somethi… - Louise Bourgeois
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 somethi…
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