“(How do you know a piece is finished?:) It's never finished. The subject is never exhausted. -Louise Bourgeois”

“My inspiration comes from the beauty of the past. That's where I am completely omnipotent. -Louise Bourgeois”

“It was just that i had the feeling that the art scene belonged to the men, and that I was in some way invading their domain. Therefore the work was hidden away." -Louise Bourgeois”

“When Louise worried bout something, it often turned up in her art.”

“She doesn't attend gallery openings or apear at art-world parties. "People need to see the work. It's more me than my physical presence.”

“She wanted children and considered having them a "privilege," but art also "was a privilege given to me and I had to pursue it.”

“Instead of tall and angular shapes regarded as masculine and aggressive, she now turned to soft, rounded forms identified as female or nurturing.”