Public art existed all along, but ecological art just naturally grew out of my thinking and writings in that area for years.
AGNES DENESI 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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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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People are always fighting reality until it’s pushed down their throats.
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I didn’t get involved in it; I started what then became a movement.
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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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I never considered myself a performance artist.
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We use up words as we use up images. We use up everything, and that’s good, because it makes us grow.
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Something to pay attention to and maybe change direction.
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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 I find that old expressions are outdated, so when I write something, I try to find a new expression that hasn’t been born yet.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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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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People don’t hurt what they love.
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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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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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People always understand everything in retrospect.
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My work is about helping humanity.
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