I always wanted to show the world that art is everywhere, except it has to pass through a creative mind. Louise Berliawsky Nevelson More Quotes by Louise Berliawsky Nevelson More Quotes From Louise Berliawsky Nevelson I never feel age... If you have creative work you don't have age or time. Louise Berliawsky Nevelson creativeagemotivational What we call reality is an agreement that people have arrived at to make life more livable. Louise Berliawsky Nevelson agreementrealitypeople Early in school, they called me 'the artist.' When teachers wanted things painted, they called upon me, they called upon 'the artist.' I am not saying that I learned my name, animals can learn their names, I am saying that they learned it. Louise Berliawsky Nevelson artistteacherschool I think that in the sexual act, as delightful as it can be, the very physical part of it is, yes, a hammering away. So it has a certain brutality. Louise Berliawsky Nevelson certainbrutalitythinking [Good taste] is a nineteenth-century concept. And good taste has never really been defined. The effort of projecting 'good taste' is so studied that it offends me. No, I prefer to negate that. We have to put a period to so-called good taste. Louise Berliawsky Nevelson effortcenturytaste Who is an artist? I say we take a title. No one gives it to us. We make our lives. Louise Berliawsky Nevelson titlesartistgiving A woman may not hit a ball stronger than a man, but it is different. I prize that difference. Louise Berliawsky Nevelson strongerdifferencesmen What we start with is a conviction to fulfill our being. Horses, trees fulfill themselves. Why shouldn't people. Louise Berliawsky Nevelson horsetreepeople I still want to do my work. I still want to do my livingness. And I have lived. I have been fulfilled. I recognized what I had, and I never sold it short. And I ain't through yet. Louise Berliawsky Nevelson fulfilledstillswant Character is the architect of the being. Louise Berliawsky Nevelson be-kindkindnesscharacter My husband's family was terribly refined. Within their circle you could know Beethoven, but God forbid if you were Beethoven. Louise Berliawsky Nevelson creativitycircleshusband I feel that women 'and men,' but I mean the 'individual,' can be totally feminine and still be totally powerful. Louise Berliawsky Nevelson powerfulmenmean In my studio I'm as happy as a cow in her stall. That's the only place where everything is all right. Louise Berliawsky Nevelson cowsstudios You know when I decided to become professional - that means to expose yourself naked to the world with the other creative minds - I said, 'I'm going into areas I don't know. I might just fall right down to hell and kill myself. Louise Berliawsky Nevelson creativemeanfall The outside wold pressures you into a mold, but if you don't accept that - you gamble with life. Call it gambling. Louise Berliawsky Nevelson moldgamblingrisk I've taught, and the first thing I did when I taught art, was not to teach art. Louise Berliawsky Nevelson teachingartfirsts I knew that a day I took away from the work did not make me too happy. Louise Berliawsky Nevelson There's no denying that Caruso came with a voice?that Beethoven came with music in his soul, Picasso was drawing like an angel in the crib.You're born with it. Louise Berliawsky Nevelson drawingvoiceangel Everytime I put on clothes, I’m creating a picture. Louise Berliawsky Nevelson creatingclothes Some of us come on earth seeing – some of us come on earth seeing color. Louise Berliawsky Nevelson seeingcolorearth
