"I am not a performer but occasionally I……" — Andy Goldsworthy
"I am not a performer but occasionally I deliberately work in a public context. Some sculptures need the movement of people around them to work."
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70 Quotes by Andy Goldsworthy
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The essence of drawing is the line exploring space.
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Photography is a way of putting distance between myself and the work which sometimes helps me to see more clearly…
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Looking, touching, material, place and form are all inseparable from the resulting work. It is difficult to say where one…
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The underlying tension of a lot of my art is to try and look through the surface appearance of things.…
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I want to get under the surface. When I work with a leaf, rock, stick, it is not just that…
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Movement, change, light, growth and decay are the lifeblood of nature, the energies that I I try to tap through…
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When I’m working with materials it’s not just the leaf or the stone, it’s the processes that are behind them…
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Ideas must be put to the test. That's why we make things; otherwise they would be no more than ideas.…
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For me looking, touching, material, place and form are all inseparable from the resulting work. It is difficult to say…
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My approach to photograph is kept simple, almost routine. All work, good and bad, is documented. I use standard film,…
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One of the beauties of art is that it reflects an artist's entire life. What I've learned over the past…
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Not being able to touch is sometimes as interesting as being able to touch.
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