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.
Most wonderful things are unconscious. - Agnes Denes
Most wonderful things are unconscious.
- Agnes Denes
People are always fighting reality until it's pushed down their throats. - Agnes Denes
People are always fighting reality until it's pushed down their throats.
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… - Agnes Denes
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…
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… - Agnes Denes
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…
Anything important has to be almost invisible. And underrated. So the understructure should be underrated, but strong enough to hold the earth. - Agnes Denes
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… - Agnes Denes
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…
People always understand everything in retrospect. - Agnes Denes
People always understand everything in retrospect.
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
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 had drawings that were the first time that mathematics was put into visual form. - Agnes Denes
I had drawings that were the first time that mathematics was put into visual form.
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