Louise Berliawsky Nevelson
Louise Berliawsky Nevelson
Louise Nevelsonwas an American sculptor known for her monumental, monochromatic, wooden wall pieces and outdoor sculptures...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSculptor
Date of Birth23 September 1899
CountryUnited States of America
effort taste periods
[Good taste] is a nineteenth-century concept. And good taste has never really been defined. The effort of projecting 'good taste' is so studied that it offends me. No, I prefer to negate that. We have to put a period to so-called good taste.
self hell born
It's a hell of a thing to be born, and if you're born you're at least entitled to your own self.
mirrors matter individual
No matter how individual we humans are, we are a composite of everything we are aware of. We are a mirror of our times.
healing light darkness
And I saw darkness for weeks. It never dawned on me that I could come out of it, but you heal. Nature heals you, and you do come out of it. All of a sudden I saw a crack of light ... then all of a sudden I saw another crack of light. Then I saw forms in the light. And I recognized that there was no darkness, that in darkness there'll always be light.
horse people tree
What we start with is a conviction to fulfill our being. Horses, trees fulfill themselves. Why shouldn't people.
energy sculpture environment
I began to stack my sculptures into an environment. It was natural. It was a flowing of energy.
stones waste reason-why
I see no reason why I should tickle stones or waste time on polishing bronze.
reality agreement people
What we call reality is an agreement that people have arrived at to make life more livable.
creative age aging
I never feel age... If you have creative work you don't have age or time.
vibrations tunes process
I'm in tune with the right vibrations in the universe when I'm in the process of working.
acceptance color black
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.
kindness character be-kind
Character is the architect of the being.
next-week waiting pieces
When you are doing a piece you are with it. You don't want to wait until next week, when experience will have given you something else.
world saws made
I have made my world and it is a much better world than I ever saw outside.