Pattern-finding is the purpose of the mind and the construct of the universe.
AGNES DENESIf 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.
More Agnes Denes Quotes
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Thinking has an understructure and underpinnings.
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Anything important has to be almost invisible. And underrated.
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The tree is made by nature, mathematics by people.
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I’d go from scientist to scientist to scientist, like a bee goes from flower to flower.
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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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When I’m gone, you’ll be sitting in a cafe and say, “Do you remember Agnes?”
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I wish I didn’t have daily problems to deal with, so that I could just concentrate on learning more, every single day.
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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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People don’t hurt what they love.
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So the understructure should be underrated, but strong enough to hold the earth.
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One thing that’s paramount in my life is that I am alone. I’m a loner. And yet I have many friends and I don’t feel lonely.
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I had drawings that were the first time that mathematics was put into visual form.
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Every one of my works, when I’m looking back, becomes some kind of solution, or something to concentrate on.
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Most wonderful things are unconscious.
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My work is about helping humanity.
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