--- title: "15 Art Quotes By Andy Goldsworthy" description: "15 Art quotes by Andy Goldsworthy. Plus more from Andy Goldsworthy and more Art sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ce/andy-goldsworthy-4466_art_art-is-not-a-career-it-s-a-life-1895960_1895960.png" --- > [Art is not a career - it's a life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-goldsworthy/art-is-not-a-career-it-s-a-life/) [Andy Goldsworthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-goldsworthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ce/andy-goldsworthy-4466_art_art-is-not-a-career-it-s-a-life-1895960_1895960.png) > [The essence of drawing is the line exploring space.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-goldsworthy/the-essence-of-drawing-is-the-line-exploring-space/) [Andy Goldsworthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-goldsworthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b91/andy-goldsworthy-4466_art_the-essence-of-drawing-is-the-line-explo_1064537.png) > [It's art that's taught me to think and to write.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-goldsworthy/it-s-art-that-s-taught-me-to-think-and-to-write/) [Andy Goldsworthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-goldsworthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/385/andy-goldsworthy-4466_art_it-s-art-that-s-taught-me-to-think-and-t_1984669.png) > [Art for me is a form of nourishment. I need the land. I need it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-goldsworthy/art-for-me-is-a-form-of-nourishment-i-need-the-land-i-need-it/) [Andy Goldsworthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-goldsworthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b8/andy-goldsworthy-4466_art_art-for-me-is-a-form-of-nourishment-i-ne_569643.png) > [As you grow older you realize that art has an enormous effect. It's frightening sometimes to think of the effect that we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-goldsworthy/as-you-grow-older-you-realize-that-art-has-an-enormous-effect-it-s/) [Andy Goldsworthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-goldsworthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/931/andy-goldsworthy-4466_aging_as-you-grow-older-you-realize-that-art-h_2617558.png) > [Ephemeral work made outside, for and about a day, lies at the core of my art and its making must be kept…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-goldsworthy/ephemeral-work-made-outside-for-and-about-a-day-lies-at-the-core-of/) [Andy Goldsworthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-goldsworthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/105/andy-goldsworthy-4466_art_ephemeral-work-made-outside-for-and-abou_314363.png) > [My art recognizes the human place, the human context - especially in Britain, which is a landscape so worked by people for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-goldsworthy/my-art-recognizes-the-human-place-the-human-context-especially-in/) [Andy Goldsworthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-goldsworthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad7/andy-goldsworthy-4466_art_my-art-recognizes-the-human-place-the-hu_2482542.png) > [I see my work plagiarized in gardening programmes and decorating programmes and car adverts, and I suppose I have to accept that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-goldsworthy/i-see-my-work-plagiarized-in-gardening-programmes-and-decorating/) [Andy Goldsworthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-goldsworthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/600/andy-goldsworthy-4466_accepting_i-see-my-work-plagiarized-in-gardening-p_546231.jpg) > [One of the beauties of art is that it reflects an artist's entire life. What I've learned over the past 30 years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-goldsworthy/one-of-the-beauties-of-art-is-that-it-reflects-an-artist-s-entire/) [Andy Goldsworthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-goldsworthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/749/andy-goldsworthy-4466_art_one-of-the-beauties-of-art-is-that-it-re_1965117.jpg) > [The relationship between the public and the artist is complex and difficult to explain. There is a fine line between using this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-goldsworthy/the-relationship-between-the-public-and-the-artist-is-complex-and/) [Andy Goldsworthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-goldsworthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c56/andy-goldsworthy-4466_art_the-relationship-between-the-public-and_2385591.jpg) > [The underlying tension of a lot of my art is to try and look through the surface appearance of things. Inevitably, one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-goldsworthy/the-underlying-tension-of-a-lot-of-my-art-is-to-try-and-look-through/) [Andy Goldsworthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-goldsworthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ec/andy-goldsworthy-4466_appearance_the-underlying-tension-of-a-lot-of-my-ar_604729.png) > [My art is an attempt to reach beyond the surface appearance. I want to see growth in wood, time in stone, nature…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-goldsworthy/my-art-is-an-attempt-to-reach-beyond-the-surface-appearance-i-want-to/) [Andy Goldsworthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-goldsworthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/303/andy-goldsworthy-4466_appearance_my-art-is-an-attempt-to-reach-beyond-the_1734979.png) > [I'm an artist living in a small, Scottish village. So one would expect to be treated with some sort of caution. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-goldsworthy/i-m-an-artist-living-in-a-small-scottish-village-so-one-would-expect/) [Andy Goldsworthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-goldsworthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f9/andy-goldsworthy-4466_art_i-m-an-artist-living-in-a-small-scottish_3183540.png) > [When I was at art school, a lot of art education is about art being a means of self-expression, and as an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-goldsworthy/when-i-was-at-art-school-a-lot-of-art-education-is-about-art-being-a/) [Andy Goldsworthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-goldsworthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9a/andy-goldsworthy-4466_amount_when-i-was-at-art-school-a-lot-of-art-ed_3106744.png) > [Movement, change, light, growth and decay are the lifeblood of nature, the energies that I I try to tap through my work.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-goldsworthy/movement-change-light-growth-and-decay-are-the-lifeblood-of-nature/) [Andy Goldsworthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-goldsworthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60c/andy-goldsworthy-4466_art_movement-change-light-growth-and-decay-a_2180019.jpg) ## Other authors on Art - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-oscar-wilde-72846.jpg) Oscar Wilde 310 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/oscar-wilde/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sun-tzu-87907.jpg) Sun Tzu 200 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/sun-tzu/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 154 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jerry-saltz-49147.jpg) Jerry Saltz 151 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/jerry-saltz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 141 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/william-shakespeare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-pablo-picasso-73081.jpg) Pablo Picasso 129 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/pablo-picasso/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-gerhard-richter-38308.jpg) Gerhard Richter 109 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/gerhard-richter/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-friedrich-nietzsche-36363.jpg) Friedrich Nietzsche 106 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/friedrich-nietzsche/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-50782.jpg) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 103 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-seth-godin-84128.jpg) Seth Godin 96 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/seth-godin/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-kehinde-wiley-1194.jpg) Kehinde Wiley 87 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/kehinde-wiley/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-susan-sontag-88140.jpg) Susan Sontag 81 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/susan-sontag/) ## More by Andy Goldsworthy > [Even in winter an isolated patch of snow has a special quality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-goldsworthy/even-in-winter-an-isolated-patch-of-snow-has-a-special-quality/) [Andy Goldsworthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-goldsworthy/) > [If I had to describe my work in one word, that word would be time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-goldsworthy/if-i-had-to-describe-my-work-in-one-word-that-word-would-be-time/) [Andy Goldsworthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-goldsworthy/) > [Winter makes a bridge between one year and another and, in this case, one century and the next.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-goldsworthy/winter-makes-a-bridge-between-one-year-and-another-and-in-this-case/) [Andy Goldsworthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-goldsworthy/) > [Understanding the materials I work with... gives me a deeper understanding of my place. And it's helped me make sense of the changes that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-goldsworthy/understanding-the-materials-i-work-with-gives-me-a-deeper/) [Andy Goldsworthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-goldsworthy/) > [I love the winter. Well, I love all the seasons, but the winter is possibly one of the most intense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-goldsworthy/i-love-the-winter-well-i-love-all-the-seasons-but-the-winter-is/) [Andy Goldsworthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-goldsworthy/) > [Time gives growth, it gives continuity and it gives change. And in the case of some sculptures, time gives a patina to them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-goldsworthy/time-gives-growth-it-gives-continuity-and-it-gives-change-and-in-the/) [Andy Goldsworthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-goldsworthy/) > [Sometimes you need to stop doing something to really see it afresh.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-goldsworthy/sometimes-you-need-to-stop-doing-something-to-really-see-it-afresh/) [Andy Goldsworthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-goldsworthy/) > [I've laid down in dried up streambeds, leaving a shadow. And then, five minutes later, it's flash flooded, and where I once laid is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-goldsworthy/i-ve-laid-down-in-dried-up-streambeds-leaving-a-shadow-and-then-five/) [Andy Goldsworthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-goldsworthy/) > [When I do the permanent projects or the big projects, when a work is finished, that's the beginning of its life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-goldsworthy/when-i-do-the-permanent-projects-or-the-big-projects-when-a-work-is/) [Andy Goldsworthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-goldsworthy/) > [Nature, for me is raw and dangerous and difficult and beautiful and unnerving.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-goldsworthy/nature-for-me-is-raw-and-dangerous-and-difficult-and-beautiful-and/) [Andy Goldsworthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-goldsworthy/) > [Ephemeral work made outside, for and about a day, lies at the core of my art and its making must be kept private.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-goldsworthy/ephemeral-work-made-outside-for-and-about-a-day-lies-at-the-core-of/) [Andy Goldsworthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-goldsworthy/) > [I have to understand the nature of change. And I cannot just work with stone or the more permanent materials. I need to work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-goldsworthy/i-have-to-understand-the-nature-of-change-and-i-cannot-just-work-with/) [Andy Goldsworthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-goldsworthy/) > [Design implies a sense of mapping something out and then you follow the plan.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-goldsworthy/design-implies-a-sense-of-mapping-something-out-and-then-you-follow/) [Andy Goldsworthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-goldsworthy/) > [The reason why the stone is red is its iron content, which is also why our blood is red.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-goldsworthy/the-reason-why-the-stone-is-red-is-its-iron-content-which-is-also-why/) [Andy Goldsworthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-goldsworthy/) > [It's frightening and unnerving to watch a stone melt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-goldsworthy/it-s-frightening-and-unnerving-to-watch-a-stone-melt/) [Andy Goldsworthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-goldsworthy/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/andy-goldsworthy/#itemlist", "name": "15 Art Quotes By Andy Goldsworthy", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Art is not a career - it's a life.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Andy Goldsworthy" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-goldsworthy/art-is-not-a-career-it-s-a-life/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ce/andy-goldsworthy-4466_art_art-is-not-a-career-it-s-a-life-1895960_1895960.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ce/andy-goldsworthy-4466_art_art-is-not-a-career-it-s-a-life-1895960_1895960.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ce/andy-goldsworthy-4466_art_art-is-not-a-career-it-s-a-life-1895960_1895960.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Art is not a career - it's a life.” — Andy Goldsworthy", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The essence of drawing is the line exploring space.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Andy Goldsworthy" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-goldsworthy/the-essence-of-drawing-is-the-line-exploring-space/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b91/andy-goldsworthy-4466_art_the-essence-of-drawing-is-the-line-explo_1064537.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b91/andy-goldsworthy-4466_art_the-essence-of-drawing-is-the-line-explo_1064537.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b91/andy-goldsworthy-4466_art_the-essence-of-drawing-is-the-line-explo_1064537.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The essence of drawing is the line exploring space.” — Andy Goldsworthy", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's art that's taught me to think and to write.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Andy Goldsworthy" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-goldsworthy/it-s-art-that-s-taught-me-to-think-and-to-write/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/385/andy-goldsworthy-4466_art_it-s-art-that-s-taught-me-to-think-and-t_1984669.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/385/andy-goldsworthy-4466_art_it-s-art-that-s-taught-me-to-think-and-t_1984669.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/385/andy-goldsworthy-4466_art_it-s-art-that-s-taught-me-to-think-and-t_1984669.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It's art that's taught me to think and to write.” — Andy Goldsworthy", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Art for me is a form of nourishment. 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