When I’m gone, you’ll be sitting in a cafe and say, “Do you remember Agnes?”
AGNES DENESWhen I’m gone, you’ll be sitting in a cafe and say, “Do you remember Agnes?”
AGNES DENESI had drawings that were the first time that mathematics was put into visual form.
AGNES DENESPattern-finding is the purpose of the mind and the construct of the universe.
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.
AGNES DENESI didn’t get involved in it; I started what then became a movement.
AGNES DENESI never considered myself a performance artist.
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.
AGNES DENESThe tree is made by nature, mathematics by people.
AGNES DENESThere are an infinite number of patterns, some of which are known; those still unknown hold the key to unresolved enigmas and paradoxes.
AGNES DENESI always was alone. And I’m alone today. It’s fine. I have lots of friends, but not in terms of working together.
AGNES DENESMost wonderful things are unconscious.
AGNES DENESPublic art existed all along, but ecological art just naturally grew out of my thinking and writings in that area for years.
AGNES DENESSomething to pay attention to and maybe change direction.
AGNES DENESWords 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 I find that old expressions are outdated, so when I write something, I try to find a new expression that hasn’t been born yet.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.
AGNES DENESMaybe 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.
AGNES DENESOne 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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