Louise Nevelson Quotes

I believe in my work and in the joy of it. You have to be with the work and the work has to be with you. It absorbs you totally and you absorb it totally.

In the first grade I already knew the pattern of my life. I didn't know the living of it but I knew the line. ... From the first day in school until the day I graduated everyone gave me one hundred plus in art. Well where do you go in life? You go to the place where you got one hundred plus.

What we call reality is an agreement that people have arrived at to make their lives more livable.

What we call reality is an agreement that people have arrived at to make life more livable.

‎"But when I fell in love with black, it contained all color. It wasn’t a negation of color. It was an acceptance. Because black encompasses all colors. Black is the most aristocratic color of all.... You can be quiet and it contains the whole thing." Happy birthday to Louise Nevelson (1899-1988)!