--- title: "16 Artist Quotes By Andy Goldsworthy" description: "16 Artist quotes by Andy Goldsworthy. Plus more from Andy Goldsworthy and more Artist 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) > [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) > [Once the fired stone is out of the kiln, it is still possible to mentally reconstruct it in its original form.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-goldsworthy/once-the-fired-stone-is-out-of-the-kiln-it-is-still-possible-to/) [Andy Goldsworthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-goldsworthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a35/andy-goldsworthy-4466_artist_once-the-fired-stone-is-out-of-the-kiln_1891663.png) > [Time gives growth, it gives continuity and it gives change. And in the case of some sculptures, time gives a patina to…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c44/andy-goldsworthy-4466_artist_time-gives-growth-it-gives-continuity-an_239289.png) > [I think that any sculpture is a response to its environment. It can be brought to life or put to sleep by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-goldsworthy/i-think-that-any-sculpture-is-a-response-to-its-environment-it-can-be/) [Andy Goldsworthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-goldsworthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/264/andy-goldsworthy-4466_artist_i-think-that-any-sculpture-is-a-response_841869.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 am not a performer but occasionally I deliberately work in a public context. Some sculptures need the movement of people around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-goldsworthy/i-am-not-a-performer-but-occasionally-i-deliberately-work-in-a-public/) [Andy Goldsworthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-goldsworthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/247/andy-goldsworthy-4466_artist_i-am-not-a-performer-but-occasionally-i_467085.png) > [My sculpture can last for days or a few seconds - what is important to me is the experience of making. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-goldsworthy/my-sculpture-can-last-for-days-or-a-few-seconds-what-is-important-to/) [Andy Goldsworthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-goldsworthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e26/andy-goldsworthy-4466_artist_my-sculpture-can-last-for-days-or-a-few_610246.png) > [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 first stone was just tried in the spirit of experimentation. The opening of the stone was far more interesting than the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-goldsworthy/the-first-stone-was-just-tried-in-the-spirit-of-experimentation-the/) [Andy Goldsworthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-goldsworthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2c/andy-goldsworthy-4466_artist_the-first-stone-was-just-tried-in-the-sp_1097294.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) ## Other authors on Artist - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-oscar-wilde-72846.jpg) Oscar Wilde 231 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artist/oscar-wilde/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-pablo-picasso-73081.jpg) Pablo Picasso 193 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artist/pablo-picasso/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jerry-saltz-49147.jpg) Jerry Saltz 143 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artist/jerry-saltz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-vincent-van-gogh-93793.jpg) Vincent Van Gogh 126 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artist/vincent-van-gogh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-kehinde-wiley-1194.jpg) Kehinde Wiley 111 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artist/kehinde-wiley/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henri-matisse-41358.jpg) Henri Matisse 90 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artist/henri-matisse/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-robert-henri-79837.jpg) Robert Henri 88 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artist/robert-henri/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 87 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artist/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-marcel-duchamp-63203.jpg) Marcel Duchamp 76 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artist/marcel-duchamp/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-gerhard-richter-38308.jpg) Gerhard Richter 75 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artist/gerhard-richter/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-robert-genn-79770.jpg) Robert Genn 74 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artist/robert-genn/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-seth-godin-84128.jpg) Seth Godin 73 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artist/seth-godin/) ## 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/artist/andy-goldsworthy/#itemlist", "name": "16 Artist Quotes By Andy Goldsworthy", "numberOfItems": 16, "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": "Art for me is a form of nourishment. 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