I had drawings that were the first time that mathematics was put into visual form.
AGNES DENESSociety likes to file you away, put you in this or that category. And I never fit any category.
More Agnes Denes Quotes
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Pattern-finding is the purpose of the mind and the construct of the universe.
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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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My work is about helping humanity.
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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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There’s no precedent for women philosophers and there’s no precedence for most of the things I did.
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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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People always understand everything in retrospect.
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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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There are an infinite number of patterns, some of which are known; those still unknown hold the key to unresolved enigmas and paradoxes.
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I study what I work with. I studied all these different fields of science that I needed for my work.
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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 I find that old expressions are outdated, so when I write something, I try to find a new expression that hasn’t been born yet.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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Anything important has to be almost invisible. And underrated.
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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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Something to pay attention to and maybe change direction.
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