What I did for my last act as a painter, if you call me a painter, was to photograph the weave of the canvas, and enlarge it and enlarge it until it became like a landscape. Agnes Denes More Quotes by Agnes Denes More Quotes From Agnes Denes The tree is made by nature, mathematics by people. 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. Agnes Denes creating beautiful two Pattern-finding is the purpose of the mind and the construct of the universe. There are an infinite number of patterns, some of which are known; those still unknown hold the key to unresolved enigmas and paradoxes. Agnes Denes keys mind numbers Anything important has to be almost invisible. And underrated. So the understructure should be underrated, but strong enough to hold the earth. Agnes Denes important strong earth Public art existed all along, but ecological art just naturally grew out of my thinking and writings in that area for years. I didn't get involved in it; I started what then became a movement. Agnes Denes writing art thinking People always understand everything in retrospect. Agnes Denes retrospect people 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. I'd go from scientist to scientist to scientist, like a bee goes from flower to flower. Agnes Denes flower bees littles People have too many problems during the day; they don't want to think. Agnes Denes want people thinking I study what I work with. I studied all these different fields of science that I needed for my work. I studied how to mine a landfill and what to plant in it. It's fascinating because you learn a new field each time. Agnes Denes different study fields People don't hurt what they love. Agnes Denes hurt people Society likes to file you away, put you in this or that category. And I never fit any category. 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. Agnes Denes precedent fit likes Every one of my works, when I'm looking back, becomes some kind of solution, or something to concentrate on. Something to pay attention to and maybe change direction. Agnes Denes kind pay attention Most wonderful things are unconscious. Agnes Denes wonderful-things unconscious wonderful People are always fighting reality until it's pushed down their throats. Agnes Denes fighting reality people When I'm gone, you'll be sitting in a cafe and say, "Do you remember Agnes?" Agnes Denes cafes sitting gone 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. 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. Agnes Denes loner lonely writing I always was alone. And I'm alone today. It's fine. I have lots of friends, but not in terms of working together. Agnes Denes lots-of-friends together today There's no precedent for women philosophers and there's no precedence for most of the things I did. Agnes Denes precedence philosopher precedent 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. Agnes Denes wall six want I had drawings that were the first time that mathematics was put into visual form. Agnes Denes mathematics drawing firsts My work is about helping humanity. Agnes Denes helping-humanity humanity helping
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