One must accept the fact that others don’t see what you do.

- Louise Bourgeois

It is not so much where my motivation comes from but rather how it manages to survive.

- Louise Bourgeois

I am a searcher... I always was... and I still am... searching for the missing piece.

- Louise Bourgeois

I am not what I am, I am what I do with my hands.

- Louise Bourgeois

Art is a way of recognizing oneself.

- 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

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

Art is a guarantee of sanity. That is the most important thing I have said.

- 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…

- Louise Bourgeois