I have been to hell and back, and let me tell you, it was wonderful. Louise Bourgeois More Quotes by Louise Bourgeois More Quotes From Louise Bourgeois Look at it this way - a totem pole is just a decorated tree. My work is a confessional. Louise Bourgeois tree looks way I am a lonely runner, but I am a long-distance runner. Louise Bourgeois distance lonely long I was raised a Catholic. But I am not religious. In my work, I am interested in real flesh and blood. Louise Bourgeois real religious blood I was a runaway girl from France who married an American and moved to New York City. Im not sure I would have continued as an artist had I remained in Paris because of the family setup. Louise Bourgeois girl artist new-york Artists have to be useful. They have to fill a role. Louise Bourgeois roles artist I work like a bee and feel that I accomplish little. Louise Bourgeois bees work littles Space is something that you have to define. Otherwise, it is like anxiety, which is too vague. A fear is something specific. I like claustrophobic spaces, because at least then you know your limits. Louise Bourgeois you anxiety space fear I know that when I finish a drawing, my anxiety level decreases. The realistic drawings are a way of pinning down an idea. I don't want to loose it. With the abstract drawings, when I'm feeling loose, I can slip into the unconscious. Louise Bourgeois feeling anxiety drawing way Even though what I do does enter the market, it doesn't interest me. I am exclusively concerned with the formal qualities of my work. It is about the need and the right to self-expression. Louise Bourgeois i-am need me work My childhood has never lost its mystery, and it has never lost its drama. Louise Bourgeois never childhood mystery lost When my mother died, I fell apart. My father wanted to control me. As a consequence, I ran away to America. Louise Bourgeois control me mother father
