Look at it this way - a totem pole is just a decorated tree. My work is a confessional.

Everything I do is inspired by my early life”, Bourgeois’ looked up to her mother who was the most important person in her life for many reasons, ‘Maman’ symbolizes her mother; “The friend, because my best friend was my mother and she was deliberate, clever, patient, soothing, reasonable, dainty, subtle, indispensable, neat, and as useful as a spider.

Sometimes it is necessary to make a confrontation-and I like that.

You must put the essence of what you want to say into a painting. The rest is arbitrary. Chosen with discernment, but chosen, and choice involves elimination.

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.

I dont watch TV. I dont use a computer, a fax or a cellphone.

I like Francis Bacon best, because Francis Bacon has terrific problems, and he knows that he is not going to solve them, but he knows also that he can escape from day to day and stay alive, and he does that because his work gives him a kick.