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> [Art is not about objects of high monetary exchange. It's about reasserting our firsthand experience in present time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antony-gormley/art-is-not-about-objects-of-high-monetary-exchange-it-s-about/)

[Antony Gormley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antony-gormley/)

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## More by Antony Gormley

> [I always like to look for adventure when I go away. I have gone on several horse adventures with my wife - from Guangxi…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antony-gormley/i-always-like-to-look-for-adventure-when-i-go-away-i-have-gone-on/)

[Antony Gormley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antony-gormley/)

> [I would say that the whole way that I have approached the body is as a space, not a thing - not an object…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antony-gormley/i-would-say-that-the-whole-way-that-i-have-approached-the-body-is-as/)

[Antony Gormley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antony-gormley/)

> [How do you make the timelessness of inert, silent objects count for something? How to use the, in a way, dumbness of sculpture in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antony-gormley/how-do-you-make-the-timelessness-of-inert-silent-objects-count-for/)

[Antony Gormley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antony-gormley/)

> [We are not moving towards some kind of goal. We are at the goal, and it is changing with us. If art has any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antony-gormley/we-are-not-moving-towards-some-kind-of-goal-we-are-at-the-goal-and-it/)

[Antony Gormley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antony-gormley/)

> [I just want my work to be part of the elemental world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antony-gormley/i-just-want-my-work-to-be-part-of-the-elemental-world/)

[Antony Gormley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antony-gormley/)

> [Due to the failure of politics, which has become a process of middle-management, art has become one of the last open spaces to question…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antony-gormley/due-to-the-failure-of-politics-which-has-become-a-process-of-middle/)

[Antony Gormley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antony-gormley/)

> [Cities have become places where we are controlled, by CCTV and other means, in the same way as machines are controlled. My works provide…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antony-gormley/cities-have-become-places-where-we-are-controlled-by-cctv-and-other/)

[Antony Gormley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antony-gormley/)

> [Western Australia is covered by granite, the largest single piece of Achaean rock that still lies on the surface of the, of, of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antony-gormley/western-australia-is-covered-by-granite-the-largest-single-piece-of/)

[Antony Gormley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antony-gormley/)

> [It doesn't matter if you can't speak the same language. If you have pictures, or better still, if you can draw things, then you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antony-gormley/it-doesn-t-matter-if-you-can-t-speak-the-same-language-if-you-have/)

[Antony Gormley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antony-gormley/)

> [I was educated by monks - I thank them dearly for the education they gave me, but I am no longer a Catholic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antony-gormley/i-was-educated-by-monks-i-thank-them-dearly-for-the-education-they/)

[Antony Gormley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antony-gormley/)

> [There is no question that creative intelligence comes not through learning things you find in books or histories that have already been written, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antony-gormley/there-is-no-question-that-creative-intelligence-comes-not-through/)

[Antony Gormley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antony-gormley/)

> [I want people to be excited about cooling towers and megasheds; they're as much part of our history as the rural barn.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antony-gormley/i-want-people-to-be-excited-about-cooling-towers-and-megasheds-they/)

[Antony Gormley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antony-gormley/)

> [Art has to change things, and if it was immediately acceptable it would not be doing the job.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antony-gormley/art-has-to-change-things-and-if-it-was-immediately-acceptable-it/)

[Antony Gormley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antony-gormley/)

> [The very first lead work that I made is called 'Land Sea and Air,' and is the enclosure of primal elements within that kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antony-gormley/the-very-first-lead-work-that-i-made-is-called-land-sea-and-air-and/)

[Antony Gormley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antony-gormley/)

> [I think that the equator could act as a great equalizer for all life on Earth, celebrated as the great energy belt of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antony-gormley/i-think-that-the-equator-could-act-as-a-great-equalizer-for-all-life/)

[Antony Gormley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antony-gormley/)

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