The Spider is an ode to my mother. She was my best friend. Like a spider, my mother was a weaver. . . Like spiders, my mother was very clever. Spiders are friendly presences that eat mosquitoes. We know that mosquitoes spread diseases and are therefore unwanted. So, spiders are helpful and protective, just like my mother.
Louise BourgeoisIf 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.
Louise BourgeoisLook at it this way - a totem pole is just a decorated tree. My work is a confessional.
Louise BourgeoisI always had the fear of being separated and abandoned. The sewing is my attempt to keep things together and make things whole.
Louise BourgeoisEvery day you have to abandon your past or accept it and then, if you cannot accept it, you become a sculptor.
Louise Bourgeois