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Louise Bourgeois Quotes - Page 2

My childhood has never lost its magic, it has never lost its mystery, and it has never lost its drama.

Louise Bourgeois (1998). “Destruction of the Father, Reconstruction of the Father: Writings and Interviews, 1923-1997”

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

"Artist Louise Bourgeois reveals her thoughts on drawing". The Guardian interview, www.theguardian.com. September 18, 2009.

My life has been regulated by insomnia.

Louise Bourgeois (1998). “Destruction of the Father, Reconstruction of the Father: Writings and Interviews, 1923-1997”

Art is a guarantee of sanity.

Louise Bourgeois, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (1999). “Louise Bourgeois: memoria y arquitectura : Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, 16 de noviembre de 1999-14 de febrero del 2000”, Actar-D

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

Roni Horn, Louise Bourgeois, Anne Carson, Hélène Cixous, John Waters (2004). “Wonderwater (Alice Offshore)”, Steidl Verlag

For me, sculpture is the body. My body is my sculpture.

Jerry Gorovoy, Louise Bourgeois, Pandora Tabatabai Asbaghi, Paulo Herkenhoff, Fondazione Prada (Milan, Italy) (1997). “Louise Bourgeois: blue days and pink days”

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.

Louise Bourgeois (1998). “Destruction of the Father, Reconstruction of the Father: Writings and Interviews, 1923-1997”