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.
- Niki de St. Phalle
Love, Mine, Became, Reserve
It's my destiny to make a place where people can come and be happy: a garden of joy.
- Niki de St. Phalle
Happy, Destiny, Joy, Garden
With long skirts, you can really buff. People open doors for you and everything.
- Niki de St. Phalle
Doors, Everything, Skirts, Buff
Since the age of 11, I have loved writing poems and fragments from my life.
- Niki de St. Phalle
My Life, Loved, Poems, Fragments
The world has been experiencing a whole pattern of auto-destruction, whether in environmental disasters like Chernobyl or health disasters like AIDS.
- Niki de St. Phalle
Environmental, Like, Been, Experiencing
Painting calmed the chaos that shook my soul.
- Niki de St. Phalle
Chaos, Painting, My Soul, Shook
I resemble the father I once hated.
- Niki de St. Phalle
Father, Once, Hated, Resemble
AIDS is a complex situation that's sure to bring out the best and the worst in people.
- Niki de St. Phalle
Bring, Sure, Complex, AIDS
I wanted to make some of the really important things of my generation and some of the biggest.
- Niki de St. Phalle
Generation, Important, Some, Important Things
Most people don't see the edginess in my work. They think it's all fantasy and whimsy.
- Niki de St. Phalle
Think, See, Most, Fantasy
I could do whatever I wanted, whether people liked it or not.
- Niki de St. Phalle
Could, Wanted, Whether, Liked
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