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Louise Bourgeois was a French-born American sculptor, painter, and printmaker. Known for her complex sculptures that often deal with themes of family, sex, death, and fear, Bourgeois' work spans multiple artistic movements, including Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, and Minimalism.

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Famous Louise Bourgeois Quotes

“What modern art means is that you have to keep finding new ways to express yourself, to express the problems, that there are no settled ways, no fixed approach. This is a painful situation, and modern art is about this painful situation of having no absolutely definite way of expressing yourself.”

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“Everywhere in the modern world there is neglect, the need to be recognized, which is not satisfied. Art is a way of recognizing oneself, which is why it will always be modern.”

World Way Needs Art Modern Art Is Oneself Satisfied Recognition Neglect Recognizing Modern World

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“My art is a form of restoration in terms of my feelings to myself and to others.”

Art Feelings Form Term Art Is Restoration

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“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.”

Art Ideas Past Goal Emotion Art Is Seeking Sculpture Exorcism

Book:Destruction of the Father, Reconstruction of the Father: Writings and Interviews, 1923-1997

Source: Destruction of the Father, Reconstruction of the Father: Writings and Interviews, 1923-1997

“Art is a guarantee of sanity.”

Art Art Is Guarantees Sanity

Book:Louise Bourgeois: memoria y arquitectura : Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, 16 de noviembre de 1999-14 de febrero del 2000

Source: Louise Bourgeois: memoria y arquitectura : Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, 16 de noviembre de 1999-14 de febrero del 2000

“Art is a guarantee of sanity. That is the most important thing I have said.”

Art Said Important Artist Art Is Important Things Guarantees Sanity Bourgeois

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“Art is restoration: the idea is to repair the damages that are inflicted in life, to make something that is fragmented - which is what fear and anxiety do to a person - into something whole.”

Persons Art Ideas Whole Anxiety Art Is Damage Restoration Fragmented

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“Art is manipulation without intervention.”

Art Art Is Manipulation Intervention

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“Art is a way of recognizing oneself.”

Way Art Art Is Oneself Recognizing

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About the Author

Born: December 25, 1911
Died: May 31, 2010
Known for: Artist
Quotes: 70

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