Niki de St. Phalle

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

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

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

I didn't want to be famous. I just wanted to earn enough money to have a nice life and enjoy acting.

I don't like to get in front of people.