There is always the story behind the work, but it’s also very formal. The subject, she said, comes from the unconscious, but the form is very conscious and has to be perfect, “strict and pure”. She writes clearly about her intentions but also loved it when people found other meanings in her work. You don’t need to know her autobiography in order to get something out of it. I remember when Louise had her show in St Petersburg. She was the first foreign artist to have a show at the Winter Palace, and a lot of Russians had never heard of her, but you could see from their reaction to the work how deeply it had affected them. Louise had the power of giving shape to her materials, creating form and beauty with this strong emotional pull. Many people say that if you engage in psychoanalysis you’ll stop being an artist, but for Louise, it was the opposite. Psychoanalysis is the story of your life.