Environment Quote by Andy Goldsworthy

“I think that any sculpture is a response to its environment. It can be brought to life or put to sleep by the environment.”

Andy Goldsworthy

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

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

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

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

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Time gives growth, it gives continuity and it gives change. And in the case of some sculptures, time gives a patina to them.

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

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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…

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

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

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Ephemeral work made outside, for and about a day, lies at the core of my art and its making must be kept private.

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I have to understand the nature of change. And I cannot just work with stone or the more permanent materials. I need to work…

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