“Once, when she was a resident artist at the Cité internationale des arts in Paris, her illness kicked in vehemently and she was in great pain that confined her to bed in her fifth-floor tiny studio in a typical elevator-less building of the Marais neighbourhood. […]. Finally, came a moment when she managed to get out of bed and stand up again; looking out of the window, totally naked, she pointed harshly toward the cityscape” 

Noam Gal: “Chen Cohen: How to Die Beautiful”in: Chen Cohen How to Die Beautiful, The Center for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, 2021, pg. 90-91.