LouiseNevelsonSays

A collection of quotes by Louise Nevelson, 20th c. doyenne of American sculpture (b. Kiev, 1899 - d. NYC, 1988) [@SamHarmon tweeting]

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"I was the captain of the basketball team. And darling, all I had to do was take the ball and throw it in the basket- I never missed."#boss

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Queen of the black black / King of it all
(last 2 lines of LN's poem "Queen of the Black Black", published in @ARTnewsmag in 1961)

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#LouiseNevelson with dog, undated, by Al Levine, from @ArchivesAmerArt

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#LouiseNevelson, Women's Caucus for Art Award from Pres. & Rosalynn Carter, '79, Carole Rosen from @ArchivesAmerArt

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If you have not a personal way of saying a thing, it is better not to say it. #LouiseNevelson 1963 interview from @ArchivesAmerArt #aaasi

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In my case I think I was four and one-half when I began thinking of art. #LouiseNevelson 1959 intrvw w Tal Streeter, from @ArchivesAmerArt

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Because even when men have been good to women, well, we're good to our animals too. #LouiseNevelson, Dawns+Dusks, 1976, p50

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#LouiseNevelson featured on the cover of the 8th and final issue of @COMMEGARCONS Six magazine, 1991 #commedesgarcons

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A dramatic edit by #LouiseNevelson on intro to a 1959 interview by Tal Streeter, LN Papers, @ArchivesAmerArt #aaasi

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Now people might say, oh, aren't you selfish? Well, I don't know what they mean. Who is more important in life than oneself? #Nevelson 1976

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#LouiseNevelson, c1979, by Marie Cosindas, LN papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution #aaasi

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And I think the difference between going on and not going on is where life really fulfills itself. #LouiseNevelson, Dawns+Dusks, 1976, p4

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It's a hell of a thing to be born, and if you're born, you're at least entitled to yourself. #LouiseNevelson, Dawns+Dusks, 1976, p2

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But I wanted one thing that I thought belonged to me. I wanted the whole show. #LouiseNevelson, Dawns+Dusks, 1976, p1

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Major source! From the title page of Dawns+Dusks: taped conversations w Diana MacKown, 1976, Scribner's Sons New York

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profile pic: #LouiseNevelson and #AndrewWyeth, 1974, u/k photographer, LN papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution #aaasi

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@aslnyc Thank you!! Nevelson references the #ArtStudentsLeague many times in her memoir- so great to connect on the twittersphere!

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#LouiseNevelson, ca. 1975 / by F. Teri Wehn. LN papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution #aaasi

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Welcome to a page of LN musings. Daily posts coinciding with my MA thesis research on #LouiseNevelson @SUNY_Purchase. Photos & vids too!