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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.”

Way Mean Art Problem Situation Modern Findings Approach Art Is Painful Fixed New Ways Definite Express Yourself Bourgeois Modernism Modern Art Painful Situations

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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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“Look at it this way - a totem pole is just a decorated tree. My work is a confessional.”

Way Looks Tree Totems

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“If you flatter me, or if you look at me the right way, I will kill myself to please you. It's very painful to be an overachiever.”

Ifs Way Looks Please Painful Right Way Look At Me Overachiever

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“If you are resentful, you keep the thing alive. So the way to go on is to get rid of it, in order to forgive in order to forget.”

Ifs Way Order Forget Alive Goes On Forgiving Resentful

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“The spider is an animal who eats mosquitoes. That's why I love the spider - it is the only way we have to deal with these insects.”

Way Animal Deals Insects Spiders Mosquitoes

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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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Destruction of the Father, Reconstruction of the Father: Writings and Interviews, 1923-1997Related source material

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

Louise Bourgeois: Aller-Retour : Zeichnungen und SkulpturenRelated source material

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