I study what I work with. I studied all these different fields of science that I needed for my work.
AGNES DENESThere’s no precedent for women philosophers and there’s no precedence for most of the things I did.
More Agnes Denes Quotes
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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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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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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 always understand everything in retrospect.
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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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So the understructure should be underrated, but strong enough to hold the earth.
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People don’t hurt what they love.
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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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I studied how to mine a landfill and what to plant in it. It’s fascinating because you learn a new field each time.
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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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Pattern-finding is the purpose of the mind and the construct of the universe.
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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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I had drawings that were the first time that mathematics was put into visual form.
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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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