Eva Hesse Professions : Sculptor Born : January 11, 1936 Died : May 29, 1970 Browse All Authors Top 27 quotes by Eva Hesse Don't ask what the work is. Rather, see what the work does. Eva Hesse asks doe I would like the work to be non-work. This means that it would find its way beyond my preconceptions...It is the unknown quantity from which and where I want to go. As a thing, an object, it accedes to its non-logical self. It is something, it is nothing. Eva Hesse self want mean I think art is a total thing. A total person giving a contribution. It is an essence, a soul.. In my inner soul art and life are inseparable Eva Hesse essence art thinking Art and work and art and life are very connected and my whole life has been absurd. There isn't a thing in my life that has happened that hasn't been extreme - personal health, family, economic situations...absurdity is the key word. Eva Hesse economic keys art Chaos can be structured as non-chaos. That we know from Jackson Pollock. Eva Hesse pollock chaos knows I am interested in solving an unknown factor of art and an unknown factor of life. Eva Hesse factors art What makes a tight circle or a tight little square box more of an intellectual statement than something done emotionally, I don't know. Art is an essence, a center. Eva Hesse squares essence art Life doesn't last, art doesn't last Eva Hesse lasts art My life and art have not been separated. They have been together. Eva Hesse has-beens together art First feel sure of idea, then the execution will be easier. Eva Hesse execution ideas firsts I have a confidence in my understanding of formal aesthetics and I don't want to be aware of it or make that my problem. Eva Hesse confidence understanding want In my inner soul art and life are inseparable. Eva Hesse inseparable soul art Excellence has no sex. Eva Hesse excellence sex Maybe if I really believe in me, trust me without any calculated plan, who knows what will happen? Eva Hesse will me trust believe Mushy novels, pretty pictures, pretty sculpture, decorations on the wall, nice parallel lines - make me sick. Eva Hesse pictures me sick nice Don't ask what it means or what it refers to. Don't ask what the work is. Rather, see what the work does. Eva Hesse ask rather see work If I'm O.K., I will abandon restrictions and curbs imposed on myself. Not physical ones, but those restrictive tabs on my inner being, on solely myself. I will strip me of superficial dishonesties. I will paint against every rule I or others have invisibly placed. Eva Hesse will being myself me Life doesn't last; art doesn't last. It doesn't matter. Eva Hesse last matter life art I have the most openness about my art... It's total freedom and willingness to work. I'm willing really to walk on the edge, and if I haven't achieved it, that's where I want to go. But in my life - maybe because my life has been so traumatic, so absurd - there hasn't been one normal, happy thing. Eva Hesse freedom work life art Artists don't think archivally. Eva Hesse artists think Similar Authors Andrea Zittel sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens sculptor Auguste Rodin sculptor Augusta Savage sculptor Antony Gormley sculptor Anthony Caro sculptor All Authors
