The story behind
"By making gay, joyous sculpture maybe I'm saying "look, the world is awful, but it is also great. So, let's enjoy its greatness." My work is about color, the changing of colors for dreams and emotions- red, blue, yellow, green, purple. And it's about roundness and the curves of nature. My work gives me hope, enthusiasm, structure. My work is my REAL DIARY.Β
-Niki de Saint Phalle, folder CA diaries, Jan 25, p.2