A whisper can be stronger, as an atom is stronger, than a whole mountain. Louise Berliawsky Nevelson More Quotes by Louise Berliawsky Nevelson More Quotes From Louise Berliawsky Nevelson I have made my world and it is a much better world than I ever saw outside. Louise Berliawsky Nevelson saws made world I was given the gifts of the artist, and the trouble that goes with them: So I have that blessing, and there was never a time thatI questioned it or doubted it.... For forty years, I wanted to jump out of windows. Louise Berliawsky Nevelson artist blessing years In the end, as you get older and older, your life is your life, and you are alone with it. Louise Berliawsky Nevelson ends life-is A white lace curtain on the window was for me as important as a great work of art. This gossamer quality, the reflection, the form, the movement. I learned more about art from that than I did in school. Louise Berliawsky Nevelson reflection art school I think people should think a million times before they give birth. The guilts of motherhood were the worst guilts in the world for me. They were really insurmountable. You see, you are depriving another human being of so many things, and the other party also knows it. Louise Berliawsky Nevelson motherhood party thinking If you have got a living force and you're not using it, nature kicks you back. The blood boils just like you put it in a pot. Louise Berliawsky Nevelson like-you pot blood I feel totally female. I didn't compete with men and I don't want to look like a man! I love being a lady and dressing up and masquerading and wearing all the fineries. I'm breaking down the idea that the artist has to look poor, with berets. Louise Berliawsky Nevelson artist love-is men If they blow it [the world] up, that's not my business. My business is to work. Louise Berliawsky Nevelson business blow world I believe that the physical is the geography of the being. Louise Berliawsky Nevelson i-believe body believe I was discouraged about life, discouraged about people being blind, but I don't think I had a day that I ever questioned creativity. There has never been a day like that. Louise Berliawsky Nevelson confidence creativity thinking I've been so lonely for long periods of my life that if a rat walked in I would have welcomed it. Louise Berliawsky Nevelson lonely loneliness long I never liked the middle ground-the most boring place in the world. Louise Berliawsky Nevelson moderation boring world I see no reason why I should tickle stones or waste time on polishing bronze. Louise Berliawsky Nevelson waste stones reason-why Greatness breaks laws. Louise Berliawsky Nevelson greatness break law My mother was very sympathetic. She was the one who really gave me the courage to take my freedom. Louise Berliawsky Nevelson sympathetic mentor mother I began to stack my sculptures into an environment. It was natural. It was a flowing of energy. Louise Berliawsky Nevelson sculpture environment energy Another thing about creation is that every day it is like it gave birth, and it's always kind of innocent and refreshing. So it's always virginal to me, and it's always a surprise. Louise Berliawsky Nevelson birth surprise kind It is as hard to take success as it is failure. Louise Berliawsky Nevelson hard I don’t demand that all work be a masterpiece. What I am doing is the right thing for me - that is what I am and this is living. It reflects me and I reflect it. Louise Berliawsky Nevelson right-thing masterpiece demand I'm in tune with the right vibrations in the universe when I'm in the process of working. Louise Berliawsky Nevelson vibrations tunes process