And I saw darkness for weeks. It never dawned on me that I could come out of it, but you heal. Nature heals you, and you do come out of it. All of a sudden I saw a crack of light ... then all of a sudden I saw another crack of light. Then I saw forms in the light. And I recognized that there was no darkness, that in darkness there'll always be light.
Louise Berliawsky NevelsonWhat we start with is a conviction to fulfill our being. Horses, trees fulfill themselves. Why shouldn't people.
Louise Berliawsky NevelsonI'm a work horse. I like to work. I always did. I think that there is such a thing as energy, creation overflowing. And I always felt that I have this great energy and it was bound to sort of burst at the seams, so that my work automatically took its place with a mind like mine. I've never had a day when I didn't want to work. I've never had a day like that. And I knew that a day I took away from the work did not make me too happy. I just feel that I'm in tune with the right vibrations in the universe when I'm in the process of working. ... In my studio I'm as happy as a cow in her stall.
Louise Berliawsky NevelsonI began to stack my sculptures into an environment. It was natural. It was a flowing of energy.
Louise Berliawsky NevelsonIt gave me great pleasure to think that I could take wood, make it good, and make people like Rockefeller buy it with paper money.
Louise Berliawsky Nevelson