All Andy Goldsworthy Quotes
- Time confined into blind caves or extended through tunnels, responds to the call of infinity, which teases with its promise of freedom. outside the body,… Blind
- The relationship between the public and the artist is complex and difficult to explain. There is a fine line between using this critical energy creatively… Artist
- Time gives growth, it gives continuity and it gives change. And in the case of some sculptures, time gives a patina to them. Case
- At its most successful, my 'touch' looks into the heart of nature; most days I don't even get close. These things are all part of… All
- There is life in a stone. Any stone that sits in a field or lies on a beach takes on the memory of that place.… Any
- I take the opportunity each day offers. Day
- The stones tear like flesh, rather than breaking. Although what happens is violent, it is a violence that is in stone. A tear is more… Break
- I enjoy working in a quiet and subversive way. Enjoy
- Once the fired stone is out of the kiln, it is still possible to mentally reconstruct it in its original form. Fired
- I'm cautious about using fire. It can become theatrical. I am interested in the heat, not the flames. Become Theatrical
- We often forget that we are nature... Forget
- I can't edit the materials I work with. My remit is to work with nature as a whole. Edit
- Everything has the energy of its making inside it. Energy
- Confrontation is something that I accept as part of the project though not its purpose. Accept
- I did tests on small stones before collecting and committing myself to the larger ones. Collecting
- The first snowball I froze was put in my mother's deep freeze when I was in my early 20s. Deep
- The reason why the stone is red is its iron content, which is also why our blood is red. Blood
- Three or four stones in one firing will all react differently. I try to achieve a balance between those that haven't progressed enough and those… Achieve
- It takes between three and six hours to make each snowball, depending on snow quality. Wet snow is quick to work with but also quick… Cold
- As you grow older you realize that art has an enormous effect. It's frightening sometimes to think of the effect that we can have. Aging
- Beauty is what sustains things, although beauty is underwritten by pain and fear. Beauty
- I'm dealing with the most important things there are: life and nature. If this doesn't work, if this doesn't sustain me, I can't go back… Dealing
- 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 are… Changes
- I see my work plagiarized in gardening programmes and decorating programmes and car adverts, and I suppose I have to accept that's just the way… Accept
- Art is not a career - it's a life. Art