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 pla….

People don't hurt what they love..

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..

I always was alone. And I'm alone today. It's fine. I have lots of friends, but not in terms of working together..

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 I find that old expressions are outdated, so when I write something, I try to find a new expression that hasn't been born yet.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….

Anything important has to be almost invisible. And underrated. So the understructure should be underrated, but strong enough to hold the earth..

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; thos….

If I like a person, I like them. I may like the art and not like the person..

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….

Most wonderful things are unconscious..

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. ….

Philosophy gets its ugly head into everything, but I don't think we live philosophy anymore. It's done..

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 ….

People are always fighting reality until it's pushed down their throats..

People always understand everything in retrospect..

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 co….

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, o….

People have too many problems during the day; they don't want to think..

When I'm gone, you'll be sitting in a cafe and say, "Do you remember Agnes?".

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 ….

I'm mostly self-taught. I didn't learn much in school..