The tree is made by nature, mathematics by people.
AGNES DENESPattern-finding is the purpose of the mind and the construct of the universe.
More Agnes Denes Quotes
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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 never considered myself a performance artist.
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I didn’t get involved in it; I started what then became a movement.
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People don’t hurt what they love.
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I wish I didn’t have daily problems to deal with, so that I could just concentrate on learning more, every single day.
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Something to pay attention to and maybe change direction.
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Most wonderful things are unconscious.
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I had drawings that were the first time that mathematics was put into visual form.
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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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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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If I like a person, I like them. I may like the art and not like the person.
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People have too many problems during the day; they don’t want to think.
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Anything important has to be almost invisible. And underrated.
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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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