Niki de St. Phalle
Niki de St. Phalle
Niki de Saint Phallewas a French sculptor, painter, and filmmaker...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionSculptor
Date of Birth29 October 1930
CountryFrance
I wanted to make some of the really important things of my generation and some of the biggest.
became deeply ideals liberal love passion risk rooted work
Father's ideals became part of me and still are today. His reserve, deeply rooted liberal views, his provocative humour, his passion for work and love of risk are also mine.
people
With long skirts, you can really buff. People open doors for you and everything.
age fragments life poems since
Since the age of 11, I have loved writing poems and fragments from my life.
people work
Most people don't see the edginess in my work. They think it's all fantasy and whimsy.
destiny garden people
It's my destiny to make a place where people can come and be happy: a garden of joy.
calmed shook
Painting calmed the chaos that shook my soul.
people
I could do whatever I wanted, whether people liked it or not.
aids best complex sure worst
AIDS is a complex situation that's sure to bring out the best and the worst in people.
disasters environmental health whether
The world has been experiencing a whole pattern of auto-destruction, whether in environmental disasters like Chernobyl or health disasters like AIDS.