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> [Everything for me has always been opposites; nothing has ever been in the middle... My life never had anything normal or in the center.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eva-hesse/everything-for-me-has-always-been-opposites-nothing-has-ever-been-in/)

[Eva Hesse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eva-hesse/)

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## More by Eva Hesse

> [There's not been one normal thing in my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eva-hesse/there-s-not-been-one-normal-thing-in-my-life/)

[Eva Hesse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eva-hesse/)

> [I am not sure what my stand on lasting really is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eva-hesse/i-am-not-sure-what-my-stand-on-lasting-really-is/)

[Eva Hesse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eva-hesse/)

> [Don't ask what the work is. Rather, see what the work does.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eva-hesse/don-t-ask-what-the-work-is-rather-see-what-the-work-does/)

[Eva Hesse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eva-hesse/)

> [I should like to achieve free, spontaneous painting delineating a powerful, strong structured image. One must be possible with the other. A difficult problem…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eva-hesse/i-should-like-to-achieve-free-spontaneous-painting-delineating-a/)

[Eva Hesse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eva-hesse/)

> [Artists don't think archivally.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eva-hesse/artists-don-t-think-archivally/)

[Eva Hesse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eva-hesse/)

> [Art and life are inseparable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eva-hesse/art-and-life-are-inseparable/)

[Eva Hesse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eva-hesse/)

> [Life doesn't last; art doesn't last. It doesn't matter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eva-hesse/life-doesn-t-last-art-doesn-t-last-it-doesn-t-matter/)

[Eva Hesse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eva-hesse/)

> [First feel sure of idea, then the execution will be easier.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eva-hesse/first-feel-sure-of-idea-then-the-execution-will-be-easier/)

[Eva Hesse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eva-hesse/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eva-hesse/art-is-the-easiest-thing-in-my-life-and-that-s-ironic-it-doesn-t-mean/)

[Eva Hesse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eva-hesse/)

> [Excellence has no sex.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eva-hesse/excellence-has-no-sex/)

[Eva Hesse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eva-hesse/)

> [Chaos can be structured as non-chaos. That we know from Jackson Pollock.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eva-hesse/chaos-can-be-structured-as-non-chaos-that-we-know-from-jackson-pollock/)

[Eva Hesse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eva-hesse/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eva-hesse/what-makes-a-tight-circle-or-a-tight-little-square-box-more-of-an/)

[Eva Hesse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eva-hesse/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eva-hesse/i-would-like-the-work-to-be-non-work-this-means-that-it-would-find/)

[Eva Hesse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eva-hesse/)

> [Life doesn't last, art doesn't last](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eva-hesse/life-doesn-t-last-art-doesn-t-last/)

[Eva Hesse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eva-hesse/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eva-hesse/i-have-the-most-openness-about-my-art-it-s-total-freedom-and/)

[Eva Hesse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eva-hesse/)

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