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Eva Hesse (January 11, 1936 – May 29, 1970), was a Jewish German-born American sculptor, known for her pioneering work in materials such as latex, fiberglass, and plastics. She is one of the artists who ushered in the postminimal art movement in the 1960s.

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In my inner soul art and life are inseparable.

Art, Inseparable, Soul

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

Aware, Confidence, Formal, Problem, Understanding, Want

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

Chaos, Know, Knows, Pollock, Structured

My life and art have not been separated. They have been together.

Art, Has Beens, Life, Separated, Together

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

Ask, Asks, Doe, See, Work

Art and work and art and life are very connected and my whole life has been absurd. There isn't a thing in my life that has happened that hasn't been extreme - personal health, family, economic situations. . . absurdity is the key word.

Absurd, Absurdity, Art, Economic, Keys, Work

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 is an essence, a center.

Art, Box, Done, Essence, Intellectual, Squares

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 which and where I want to go. As a thing, an object, it accedes to its non-logical self. It is something, it is nothing.

Mean, Quantity, Self, Thing, Want, Way

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

Art, Factor, Factors, Interested, Life, Unknown

Excellence has no sex.

Excellence, Sex

Life doesn't last, art doesn't last

Art, Lasts, Life

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

Easier, Execution, Firsts, Idea, Ideas

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

Art, Contribution, Essence, Giving, Life, Thinking