Louise Bourgeois

Visual Arts France 1911 – 2010 94 quotes

Feminist sculptor of spiders and cages, exploring memory and fear.

Quotes by Louise Bourgeois

Sculpture must have its own space.

Lecture 1972

I was a child who was afraid of the dark.

Interview 2001

The artist must be a storyteller.

Book 1985

Jealousy is a form of self-love.

Writings 1998

My work is about the human condition.

Interview 1989

The tower is a symbol of isolation.

Book 1994

I create to heal.

Interview 2000

Time is the enemy of memory.

Writings 1982

The body is the temple of the soul.

Book 1997

I am a maker of totems.

Interview 1978

Forgiveness is the key to freedom.

Interview 2005

Art is not therapy, but it can be therapeutic.

Lecture 1991

I live in the present, but the past haunts me.

Interview 2006

The eye sees what the mind knows.

Writings 1983