I’m mostly self-taught. I didn’t learn much in school.
AGNES DENESAnd 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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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 hate to put tags on things, because tags change, and they change with the requirements made on them.
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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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Most wonderful things are unconscious.
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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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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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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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Philosophy gets its ugly head into everything, but I don’t think we live philosophy anymore. It’s done.
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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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Pattern-finding is the purpose of the mind and the construct of the universe.
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I never considered myself a performance artist.
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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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Public art existed all along, but ecological art just naturally grew out of my thinking and writings in that area for years.
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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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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 I find that old expressions are outdated, so when I write something, I try to find a new expression that hasn’t been born yet.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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