The tree is made by nature, mathematics by people.
AGNES DENESMy work is about helping humanity.
More Agnes Denes Quotes
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I studied how to mine a landfill and what to plant in it. It’s fascinating because you learn a new field each time.
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If I could relive my life, what I would do is work with scientists. But not one scientist, because they’re locked into their little specializations.
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I study what I work with. I studied all these different fields of science that I needed for my work.
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Something to pay attention to and maybe change direction.
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When I’m gone, you’ll be sitting in a cafe and say, “Do you remember Agnes?”
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Philosophy gets its ugly head into everything, but I don’t think we live philosophy anymore. It’s done.
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Most wonderful things are unconscious.
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There are an infinite number of patterns, some of which are known; those still unknown hold the key to unresolved enigmas and paradoxes.
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Anything important has to be almost invisible. And underrated.
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People always understand everything in retrospect.
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Maybe that’s why I was left out of a lot of things, or why my work was not really understood, because there was no precedent for it.
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Words are changing. I find that old expressions are outdated, so when I write something, I try to find a new expression that hasn’t been born yet. It’s difficult.
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If I like a person, I like them. I may like the art and not like the person.
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Society likes to file you away, put you in this or that category. And I never fit any category.
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Pattern-finding is the purpose of the mind and the construct of the universe.
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