Thinking has an understructure and underpinnings.
AGNES DENESIf 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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Pattern-finding is the purpose of the mind and the construct of the universe.
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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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There’s no precedent for women philosophers and there’s no precedence for most of the things I did.
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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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So the understructure should be underrated, but strong enough to hold the earth.
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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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I didn’t get involved in it; I started what then became a movement.
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I never considered myself a performance artist.
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Anything important has to be almost invisible. And underrated.
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Every one of my works, when I’m looking back, becomes some kind of solution, or something to concentrate on.
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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 I find that old expressions are outdated, so when I write something, I try to find a new expression that hasn’t been born yet.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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Philosophy gets its ugly head into everything, but I don’t think we live philosophy anymore. It’s done.
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Something to pay attention to and maybe change direction.
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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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