Eva Hesse Quotes - BrainyQuote

American - Sculptor January 11, 1936 - May 29, 1970

Don't ask what it means or what it refers to. Don't ask what the work is. Rather, see what the work does.

Work See Ask Does

Maybe if I really believe in me, trust me without any calculated plan, who knows what will happen?

Me Trust Believe Will

Everything for me has always been opposites; nothing has ever been in the middle... My life never had anything normal or in the center.

Life Me My Life Nothing

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.

Myself Me Will Others

Mushy novels, pretty pictures, pretty sculpture, decorations on the wall, nice parallel lines - make me sick.

Me Sick Pictures Nice

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.

Life Work Freedom Art

I should like to achieve free, spontaneous painting delineating a powerful, strong structured image. One must be possible with the other. A difficult problem in itself, but one which I shall achieve.

Painting Strong Problem Free

I am ultimately convinced that people must first be told that so and so is great ,and then, after a period of given time, they come to believe it for themselves.

Time I Am People Believe

Life doesn't last; art doesn't last. It doesn't matter.

Life Art Matter Last

Art is the easiest thing in my life, and that's ironic. It doesn't mean I've worked little on it, but it's the only thing I never had to... I have no fear. I could take risks.

Life Art Fear My Life

Color is whatever comes out of the material and keeps it what it is.

Color Whatever Out Material

Art and life are inseparable.

Life Art Inseparable

Artists don't think archivally.

There's not been one normal thing in my life.

Life My Life Normal Thing

I am not sure what my stand on lasting really is.

I Am Stand Sure Really

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