"I can't edit the materials I work with.……" — Andy Goldsworthy

"I can't edit the materials I work with. My remit is to work with nature as a whole."

— Andy Goldsworthy

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70 Quotes by Andy Goldsworthy

Andy Goldsworthy has 70 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

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

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I adore vintage clothes. When I go on the road doing auditions for So You Think You Can Dance, I… — Cat Deeley
Copies have been dethroned; the economic model built on them is collapsing. In a regime of superabundant free copies, copies… — David Shields

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