Time gives growth, it gives continuity and it gives change. And in the case of some sculptures, time gives a patina to… — Andy Goldsworthy Copy Share Image
I go way beyond just the wood and stone but to the process of growth and farming and the tensions between the… — Andy Goldsworthy Copy Share Image
The process of growth is obviously critical to my understanding of the land and myself. So the process is far more unpredictable… — Andy Goldsworthy Copy Share Image
Movement, change, light, growth, and decay are the life-blood of nature, the energies that I try to tap through my work. — Andy Goldsworthy Copy Share Image
My art is an attempt to reach beyond the surface appearance. I want to see growth in wood, time in stone, nature… — Andy Goldsworthy Copy Share Image
Movement, change, light, growth and decay are the lifeblood of nature, the energies that I I try to tap through my work.… — Andy Goldsworthy Copy Share Image
If I had to describe my work in one word, that word would be time. — Andy Goldsworthy Copy Share Image
Winter makes a bridge between one year and another and, in this case, one century and the next. — Andy Goldsworthy Copy Share Image
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… — Andy Goldsworthy Copy Share Image
I love the winter. Well, I love all the seasons, but the winter is possibly one of the most intense. — Andy Goldsworthy Copy Share Image
Time gives growth, it gives continuity and it gives change. And in the case of some sculptures, time gives a patina to them. — Andy Goldsworthy Copy Share Image
Sometimes you need to stop doing something to really see it afresh. — Andy Goldsworthy Copy Share Image
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… — Andy Goldsworthy Copy Share Image
When I do the permanent projects or the big projects, when a work is finished, that's the beginning of its life. — Andy Goldsworthy Copy Share Image
Nature, for me is raw and dangerous and difficult and beautiful and unnerving. — Andy Goldsworthy Copy Share Image
Ephemeral work made outside, for and about a day, lies at the core of my art and its making must be kept private. — Andy Goldsworthy Copy Share Image
I have to understand the nature of change. And I cannot just work with stone or the more permanent materials. I need to work… — Andy Goldsworthy Copy Share Image
