But when I fell in love with ...

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.
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 Louise Berliawsky Nevelson

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My mother was very sympathetic. She was the one who really gave me the courage to take my freedom.
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 Louise Berliawsky Nevelson
I think people should think a million times before they give birth. The guilts of motherhood were the worst guilts in the world for me. They were really insurmountable. You see, you are depriving another human being of so many things, and the other party also knows it.
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 Louise Berliawsky Nevelson
The outside wold pressures you into a mold, but if you don't accept that - you gamble with life. Call it gambling.
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 Louise Berliawsky Nevelson
A whisper can be stronger, as an atom is stronger, than a whole mountain.
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 Louise Berliawsky Nevelson
A white lace curtain on the window was for me as important as a great work of art. This gossamer quality, the reflection, the form, the movement. I learned more about art from that than I did in school.
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 Louise Berliawsky Nevelson