Philosophy gets its ugly head into everything, but I don’t think we live philosophy anymore. It’s done.
AGNES DENESIf I like a person, I like them. I may like the art and not like the person.
More Agnes Denes Quotes
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Most wonderful things are unconscious.
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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 had drawings that were the first time that mathematics was put into visual form.
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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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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 hate to put tags on things, because tags change, and they change with the requirements made on them.
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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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Pattern-finding is the purpose of the mind and the construct of the universe.
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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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People don’t hurt what they love.
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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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If I like a person, I like them. I may like the art and not like the person.
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So the understructure should be underrated, but strong enough to hold the earth.
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