NIKI DE ST. PHALLE

It's my destiny to make a place where people can come and be happy: a garden of joy.

Life ... is never the way one imagines it. It surprises you, it amazes you, and it makes you laugh or cry when you don't expect it.

Most people don't see the edginess in my work. They think it's all fantasy and whimsy.

I was shooting at myself - I was shooting my own violence and the violence of the times

The world has been experiencing a whole pattern of auto-destruction, whether in environmental disasters like Chernobyl or health disasters like AIDS.

I could do whatever I wanted, whether people liked it or not.

Since the age of 11, I have loved writing poems and fragments from my life.

I resemble the father I once hated.

AIDS is a complex situation that's sure to bring out the best and the worst in people.

Painting calmed the chaos that shook my soul.

With long skirts, you can really buff. People open doors for you and everything.

Since the age of 11, I have loved writing poems and fragments from my life.

AIDS is a complex situation that's sure to bring out the best and the worst in people.

Painting calmed the chaos that shook my soul.

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.

I could do whatever I wanted, whether people liked it or not.

I wanted to make some of the really important things of my generation and some of the biggest.

The world has been experiencing a whole pattern of auto-destruction, whether in environmental disasters like Chernobyl or health disasters like AIDS.

Most people don't see the edginess in my work. They think it's all fantasy and whimsy.

It's my destiny to make a place where people can come and be happy: a garden of joy.

I resemble the father I once hated.

I was shooting at myself - I was shooting my own violence and the violence of the times

I love the round, the curves, the undulation, the world is round, the world is a breast

Life ... is never the way one imagines it. It surprises you, it amazes you, and it makes you laugh or cry when you don't expect it.