I always had the fear of being separated and abandoned. The sewing is my attempt to keep things together and make things whole.
Louise BourgeoisI came from a family of repairers. The spider is a repairer. If you bash into the web of a spider, she doesn't get mad. She weaves and repairs it.
Louise BourgeoisIf 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.
Louise BourgeoisMy childhood has never lost its magic, it has never lost its mystery, and it has never lost its drama.
Louise Bourgeois... geometry became a symbol for human relations, except that it was better, because in geometry things never go bad. If certain things occur, if certain lines meet, an angle is born. You cannot fail. It's not going to fail; it is eternal. I found in rules of mathematics a peace and a trust that I could not place in human beings. This sublimation was total and remained total. Thus, I'm able to avoid or manipulate or process pain.
Louise Bourgeois