Fire is the origin of stone.By working the stone with heat, I am returning it to its source. — Andy Goldsworthy Copy Share Image
I did tests on small stones before collecting and committing myself to the larger ones. — Andy Goldsworthy Copy Share Image
The reason why the stone is red is its iron content, which is also why our blood is red. — Andy Goldsworthy Copy Share Image
Once the fired stone is out of the kiln, it is still possible to mentally reconstruct it in its original form. — Andy Goldsworthy Copy Share Image
The hardened mass of liquid stones had much stronger qualities than those which had simply torn. The skin remained a recognisable part… — 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 stones tear like flesh, rather than breaking. Although what happens is violent, it is a violence that is in stone. A… — Andy Goldsworthy Copy Share Image
Stones are checked every so often to see if any have split or at worst exploded. An explosion can leave debris in… — Andy Goldsworthy Copy Share Image
Three or four stones in one firing will all react differently. I try to achieve a balance between those that haven't progressed… — Andy Goldsworthy Copy Share Image
As with all my work, whether it's a leaf on a rock or ice on a rock, I'm trying to get beneath… — Andy Goldsworthy Copy Share Image
When I’m working with materials it’s not just the leaf or the stone, it’s the processes that are behind them that are… — Andy Goldsworthy Copy Share Image
Abandoning the project was incredibly stressful after having gone through the process of building the room, installing the kiln, collecting the stones,… — Andy Goldsworthy Copy Share Image
I soon realised that what had happened on a small scale cannot necessarily be repeated on a larger scale. The stones were… — 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… — Andy Goldsworthy Copy Share Image
There is life in a stone. Any stone that sits in a field or lies on a beach takes on the memory… — 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
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
I love the winter. Well, I love all the seasons, but the winter is possibly one of the most intense. — Andy Goldsworthy Copy Share
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
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
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
Nature, for me is raw and dangerous and difficult and beautiful and unnerving. — Andy Goldsworthy Copy Share
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
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
Design implies a sense of mapping something out and then you follow the plan. — Andy Goldsworthy Copy Share
The reason why the stone is red is its iron content, which is also why our blood is red. — Andy Goldsworthy Copy Share
