Thinking has an understructure and underpinnings.
AGNES DENESThe tree is made by nature, mathematics by people.
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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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Pattern-finding is the purpose of the mind and the construct of the universe.
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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 didn’t get involved in it; I started what then became a movement.
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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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People always understand everything in retrospect.
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Anything important has to be almost invisible. And underrated.
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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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Society likes to file you away, put you in this or that category. And I never fit any category.
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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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If I like a person, I like them. I may like the art and not like the person.
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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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The tree is made by nature, mathematics by people.
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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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My work is about helping humanity.
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