Eva Hesse Quotes

If someone comes in and says, "What are you doing," if I'm honest, the answer is, "I don't know. But I'm doing THIS, don't know why."

I just wanted to make something in the world and worry about the rest of it later and not get too caught up in rules.

Art is the act of navigating without a map.

I have no time for specialized concerns, working themes or variations that lead to mastery... I like the indefinite, the boundless; I like continual uncertainty. Other qualities may be more conducive to achievement, publicity, success; but they are all outworn - as outworn as ideologies, opinions, concepts and names for things.

Life is not an exact science, it is an art.

It's really hard for me to commit, one way or the other. I was just always creating and seeing what came out.

Life isn't a science. We make it up as we go.

I like uncertainty in roles, and I like uncertainty in art, really.

I like doing things that are different, unexpected, and where I feel that either the role feels like a natural fit for me or it's a really big swing that I don't know if I'm going to connect on.

I like to surprise myself. I've always been attracted to projects where I don't know how they're going to turn out.

Sometimes, not knowing what you're doing allows you to do things you never knew you could do.

If we knew what we were doing we wouldn't be entertaining.

Whatever inspiration is, it's born from a continuous "I don't know.

Artists of all disciplines must be willing to go into the dark, let go control, be surprised.

The whole point of being an artist is to have no agenda. To say, you know, I don't know what I am going to do tomorrow, I don't know what it's going to look like, and I'm going to have a go at it.

Filmmaking is exploring. Why would I want to make a film about something I already understand?

The biggest threat to a better life is the desire to keep the future under control - to make the world predictable by reining in creativity and enterprise. Progress as a neat blueprint, with no deviations and no surprise, may work in children's cartoons or utopian novels. But it's just a fantasy.

One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.

The thing that's important to know is that you never know. You're always sort of feeling your way.

You have to free your mind to do things you wouldn't think of doing. Don't ever say no.

In 10 years, I don't really know what I'll be, and I like not having any idea. I like the idea of being so passionate about everything I do and the fact that I might wake up tomorrow and say 'I want to be a chef,' and just pour myself into that.

We have the script, we have the actors, and we're trying to figure out what this is, and you don't know what it is. You have to be open to what it's going to become rather than have this thing that you're trying to get to, which is boring.

I like surprising myself. I don't want to do the norm, do what I'm always known to do, write how I like to write.

We always have a take that's 'one for fun', so once you've got what you need, you can do what you like. Something does occasionally pop out of that tree. I'm always open to ideas.

I'm just working and having a good time and seeing what develops, which is so awesome, because you don't know what's going to happen, and I'm letting myself do that a lot more than I ever have.