Look at it this way – a totem pole is just a decorated tree. My work is a confessional. Louise Bourgeois Read Quote
I have drawn my whole life. My parents were in the tapestry restoration business, and as a young girl, I would draw in the missing parts of the tapestry that needed to be rewoven. Louise Bourgeois Read Quote
I know that when I finish a drawing, my anxiety level decreases. The realistic drawings are a way of pinning down an idea. I don’t want to loose it. With the abstract drawings, when I’m feeling loose, I can slip into the unconscious. Louise Bourgeois Read Quote
I have kept a diary as long as I can remember, and drawings are really another kind of diary. Louise Bourgeois Read Quote
