I always had the fear of being separated and abandoned. The sewing is my attempt to keep things together and make things whole.

I have been to hell and back, and let me tell you, it was wonderful.

I am a lonely runner, but I am a long-distance runner.

My childhood has never lost its magic, it has never lost its mystery, and it has never lost its drama.

I was a runaway girl from France who married an American and moved to New York City. Im not sure I would have continued as an artist had I remained in Paris because of the family setup.

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.

... 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.