We use up words as we use up images. We use up everything, and that’s good, because it makes us grow.
AGNES DENESWhat I did for my last act as a painter, if you call me a painter, was to photograph the weave of the canvas, and enlarge it and enlarge it until it became like a landscape.
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Pattern-finding is the purpose of the mind and the construct of the universe.
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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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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 went through about six or seven painting methods just to see what I didn’t want to do. And then I got off the wall, and went into the environment.
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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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Anything important has to be almost invisible. And underrated.
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I’m mostly self-taught. I didn’t learn much in school.
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What I did for my last act as a painter, if you call me a painter, was to photograph the weave of the canvas, and enlarge it and enlarge it until it became like a landscape.
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Thinking has an understructure and underpinnings.
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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 I find that old expressions are outdated, so when I write something, I try to find a new expression that hasn’t been born yet.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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When I’m gone, you’ll be sitting in a cafe and say, “Do you remember Agnes?”
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The tree is made by nature, mathematics by people.
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And I even like my own company. But when I’m alone, it’s to read or write. I’m in my thoughts. Mostly I’m learning.
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I never considered myself a performance artist.
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There’s no precedent for women philosophers and there’s no precedence for most of the things I did.
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