Public art existed all along, but ecological art just naturally grew out of my thinking and writings in that area for years.
AGNES DENESI didn’t get involved in it; I started what then became a movement.
More Agnes Denes Quotes
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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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The tree is made by nature, mathematics by people.
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People are always fighting reality until it’s pushed down their throats.
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Pattern-finding is the purpose of the mind and the construct of the universe.
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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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Every one of my works, when I’m looking back, becomes some kind of solution, or something to concentrate on.
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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 didn’t get involved in it; I started what then became a movement.
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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 I find that old expressions are outdated, so when I write something, I try to find a new expression that hasn’t been born yet.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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And combining the two is creating this beautiful alliance between humanity and nature. That’s why my forests are mathematical expansion systems, all of them.
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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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People have too many problems during the day; they don’t want to think.
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I hate to put tags on things, because tags change, and they change with the requirements made on them.
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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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