Eva Hesse

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

— Eva Hesse

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

— Eva Hesse

Don't ask what the work is. Rather, see what the work does.

— Eva Hesse

I should like to achieve free, spontaneous painting delineating a powerful, strong structured image. One must be possible with the other. A…

— Eva Hesse

Artists don't think archivally.

— Eva Hesse

Art and life are inseparable.

— Eva Hesse

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

— Eva Hesse

First feel sure of idea, then the execution will be easier.

— 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…

— Eva Hesse

Excellence has no sex.

— Eva Hesse

Chaos can be structured as non-chaos. That we know from Jackson Pollock.

— 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…

— 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…

— Eva Hesse

Life doesn't last, art doesn't last

— 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…

— Eva Hesse

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

— Eva Hesse

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

— Eva Hesse

I am interested in solving an unknown factor of art and an unknown factor of life.

— Eva Hesse

I am ultimately convinced that people must first be told that so and so is great ,and then, after a period of…

— Eva Hesse

I think art is a total thing. A total person giving a contribution. It is an essence, a soul.. In my inner…

— Eva Hesse

I have a confidence in my understanding of formal aesthetics and I don't want to be aware of it or make that…

— Eva Hesse

In my inner soul art and life are inseparable.

— Eva Hesse

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

— Eva Hesse

If I'm O.K., I will abandon restrictions and curbs imposed on myself. Not physical ones, but those restrictive tabs on my inner…

— Eva Hesse

Art and work and art and life are very connected and my whole life has been absurd. There isn't a thing in…

— Eva Hesse