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.
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.
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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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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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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 I find that old expressions are outdated, so when I write something, I try to find a new expression that hasn’t been born yet.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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When I’m gone, you’ll be sitting in a cafe and say, “Do you remember Agnes?”
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Pattern-finding is the purpose of the mind and the construct of the universe.
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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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I study what I work with. I studied all these different fields of science that I needed for my work.
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People always understand everything in retrospect.
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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’d go from scientist to scientist to scientist, like a bee goes from flower to flower.
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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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Every one of my works, when I’m looking back, becomes some kind of solution, or something to concentrate on.
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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 wish I didn’t have daily problems to deal with, so that I could just concentrate on learning more, every single day.
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