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I have drawn my whole life. My parents were in the tapestry restoration business, and as a young girl, I would draw in the missing parts of the tapestry that needed to be rewoven.

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I know that when I finish a drawing, my anxiety level decreases. The realistic drawings are a way of pinning down an idea. I don't want to loose it. With the abstract drawings, when I'm feeling loose, I can slip into the unconscious.

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I have kept a diary as long as I can remember, and drawings are really another kind of diary.

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When my mother died, I fell apart. My father wanted to control me. As a consequence, I ran away to America.

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Artist

Born: December 25th, 1911

Died: May 31st, 2010

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