Public art existed all along, but ecological art just naturally grew out of my thinking and writings in that area for years.
AGNES DENESWe use up words as we use up images. We use up everything, and that’s good, because it makes us grow.
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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 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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We use up words as we use up images. We use up everything, and that’s good, because it makes us grow.
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I always was alone. And I’m alone today. It’s fine. I have lots of friends, but not in terms of working together.
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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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Most wonderful things are unconscious.
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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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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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Anything important has to be almost invisible. And underrated.
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People are always fighting reality until it’s pushed down their throats.
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The tree is made by nature, mathematics by people.
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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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I’d go from scientist to scientist to scientist, like a bee goes from flower to flower.
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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 I find that old expressions are outdated, so when I write something, I try to find a new expression that hasn’t been born yet.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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