Louise Bourgeois
French-American · 1911–2010
Sculptor and installation artist whose deeply personal works explored themes of family, sexuality, and the subconscious across seven decades.
Wikipedia ↗“Art is a guarantee of sanity.”
English
“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 something I never talk about.”
English
“The subject of pain is the business I am in.”
English
“I am not what I am, I am what I do with my hands.”
English
“Tell your own story and you will be interesting.”
English
“You are born alone. You die alone. The value of the space in between is trust and love.”
English