So the understructure should be underrated, but strong enough to hold the earth.
AGNES DENESOne 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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People always understand everything in retrospect.
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People have too many problems during the day; they don’t want to think.
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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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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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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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I’d go from scientist to scientist to scientist, like a bee goes from flower to flower.
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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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Thinking has an understructure and underpinnings.
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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 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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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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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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If I like a person, I like them. I may like the art and not like the person.
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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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