Eva Hesse quotes

Eva Hesse was a German-born American sculptor, celebrated for her pioneering work in postminimalist art. Her innovative use of unconventional materials such as latex, fiberglass, and plastics challenged traditional sculptural forms. She is regarded as a major influence on contemporary art, particularly in exploring impermanence and vulnerability. Here are 4 of her quotes:

I think the circle is very abstract. I could make up stories of what the circle means to men, but I don't know if it is that conscious. I think it was a form, a vehicle. I don't think I had a sexual anthropomorphic, or geometric meaning. It wasn't a breast and it wasn't a circle representing life and eternity.... I remember always working with contradiction and contradictory forms which is my idea also in life. The whole absurdity of life, everything for me has always been opposite. Nothing has ever been in the middle. When I gave you my autobiography, my life never had anything normal or in the center. It was always extremes.

Eva Hesse

Art and life are inseparable.

Eva Hesse

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

Eva Hesse