Stone Red Quotes by Andy Goldsworthy

Even in winter an isolated patch of snow has a special quality.

— Andy Goldsworthy

If I had to describe my work in one word, that word would be time.

— Andy Goldsworthy

Winter makes a bridge between one year and another and, in this case, one century and the next.

— 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…

— Andy Goldsworthy

I love the winter. Well, I love all the seasons, but the winter is possibly one of the most intense.

— 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.

— Andy Goldsworthy

Sometimes you need to stop doing something to really see it afresh.

— 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…

— Andy Goldsworthy

When I do the permanent projects or the big projects, when a work is finished, that's the beginning of its life.

— Andy Goldsworthy

Nature, for me is raw and dangerous and difficult and beautiful and unnerving.

— 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.

— 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…

— Andy Goldsworthy