Quotes from Louise Nevelson

I never liked the middle ground-the most boring place in the world.

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

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.

I feel in love with black; it contained all color. It wasn't a negation of color…Black is the most aristocratic color of all…You can be quiet, and it contains the whole thing.

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.

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.

You must create your own world. I am responsible for my world.

We are a mirror of our times.

True Strength is delicate.