I never considered myself a performance artist.
AGNES DENESMost wonderful things are unconscious.
More Agnes Denes Quotes
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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 always was alone. And I’m alone today. It’s fine. I have lots of friends, but not in terms of working together.
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People have too many problems during the day; they don’t want to think.
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Anything important has to be almost invisible. And underrated.
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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 I find that old expressions are outdated, so when I write something, I try to find a new expression that hasn’t been born yet.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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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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I study what I work with. I studied all these different fields of science that I needed for my work.
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I’m mostly self-taught. I didn’t learn much in school.
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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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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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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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The tree is made by nature, mathematics by people.
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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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When I’m gone, you’ll be sitting in a cafe and say, “Do you remember Agnes?”
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