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Andy Goldsworthy Quotes

The hardened mass of liquid stones had much stronger qualities than those which had simply torn. The skin remained a recognisable part of the molten stone Picture Quote #1

The first snowball I froze was put in my mother’s deep freeze when I was in my early 20s Picture Quote #1

The difference between a theatre with and without an audience is enormous. There is a palpable, critical energy created by the presence of the audience Picture Quote #1

One of the beauties of art is that it reflects an artist’s entire life. What I’ve learned over the past 30 years is really beginning to inform what I make. I hope that process continues until I die Picture Quote #1

Some of the snowballs have a kind of animal energy. Not just because of the materials inside them, but in the way that they appear caged, captured Picture Quote #1

Once the fired stone is out of the kiln, it is still possible to mentally reconstruct it in its original form Picture Quote #1

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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. There is often a huge difference between an idea and its realization. I’ve had what I thought were great ideas that just didn’t work Picture Quote #1

I’m cautious about using fire. It can become theatrical. I am interested in the heat, not the flames Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

As with all my work, whether it’s a leaf on a rock or ice on a rock, I’m trying to get beneath the surface appearance of things. Working the surface of a stone is an attempt to understand the internal energy of the stone Picture Quote #1

Abandoning the project was incredibly stressful after having gone through the process of building the room, installing the kiln, collecting the stones, sitting with the kiln day and night as it came to temperature, experiencing the failures Picture Quote #1

A snowball is simple, direct and familiar to most of us. I use this simplicity as a container for feelings and ideas that function on many levels Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

I have walked around the same streets so many times, and then seen a place that had been hidden to me. I now know the sites in a way that makes me think I could have made better use of the connections between place and snowball Picture Quote #1

Fire is the origin of stone. By working the stone with heat, I am returning it to its source Picture Quote #1

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 art gets assimilated into culture Picture Quote #1

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 happening to me as I grow older Picture Quote #1

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 to nature. I’m right there. There’s nowhere to go, and that frightens me Picture Quote #1

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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 and pandering to it Picture Quote #1

I can’t edit the materials I work with. My remit is to work with nature as a whole Picture Quote #1

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. You can feel that stones have witnessed so many things Picture Quote #1

I soon realised that what had happened on a small scale cannot necessarily be repeated on a larger scale. The stones were so big that the amount of heat required was prohibitively expensive and wasteful Picture Quote #1

When I make a work, I often take it to the very edge of its collapse, and that’s a very beautiful balance Picture Quote #1

There are occasions when I have moved boulders, but I’m reluctant to, especially ones that have been rooted in a place for many years Picture Quote #1

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I can’t edit the materials I work with. My remit is to work with nature as a whole. I find nature as a whole disturbing. Nature can be harsh – difficult and brutal, as well as beautiful. You couldn’t walk five minutes from here without coming across something that is dead or decaying Picture Quote #1

A lot of my work is like picking potatoes; you have to get into the rhythm of it. It is different than patience. It is not thinking. It is working with the rhythm Picture Quote #1

Movement, change, light, growth and decay are the lifeblood of nature, the energies that I I try to tap through my work. I need the shock of touch, the resistance of place, materials and weather, the earth as my source. Nature is in a state of change and that change is the key to understanding. I want my art to be sensitive and alert to changes in material, season and weather. Each work grows, stays, decays. Process and decay are implicit. Transience in my work reflects what I find in nature Picture Quote #1

I want to get under the surface. When I work with a leaf, rock, stick, it is not just that material in itself, it is an opening into the processes of life within and around it. When I leave it, these processes continue Picture Quote #1

The underlying tension of a lot of my art is to try and look through the surface appearance of things. Inevitably, one way of getting beneath the surface is to introduce a hole, a window into what lies below Picture Quote #1

Fire is the origin of stone.By working the stone with heat, I am returning it to its source Picture Quote #1

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The hardened mass of liquid stones had much stronger qualities than those which had simply torn. The skin remained a recognisable part of the molten stone (Andy Goldsworthy Quotes) The first snowball I froze was put in my mother’s deep freeze when I was in my early 20s (Andy Goldsworthy Quotes) The difference between a theatre with and without an audience is enormous. There is a palpable, critical energy created by the presence of the audience (Andy Goldsworthy Quotes) One of the beauties of art is that it reflects an artist’s entire life. What I’ve learned over the past 30 years is really beginning to inform what I make. I hope that process continues until I die (Andy Goldsworthy Quotes) Some of the snowballs have a kind of animal energy. Not just because of the materials inside them, but in the way that they appear caged, captured (Andy Goldsworthy Quotes) Once the fired stone is out of the kiln, it is still possible to mentally reconstruct it in its original form (Andy Goldsworthy Quotes) Ideas must be put to the test. That’s why we make things; otherwise they would be no more than ideas. There is often a huge difference between an idea and its realization. I’ve had what I thought were great ideas that just didn’t work (Andy Goldsworthy Quotes) I’m cautious about using fire. It can become theatrical. I am interested in the heat, not the flames (Andy Goldsworthy Quotes) 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 (Andy Goldsworthy Quotes) As with all my work, whether it’s a leaf on a rock or ice on a rock, I’m trying to get beneath the surface appearance of things. Working the surface of a stone is an attempt to understand the internal energy of the stone (Andy Goldsworthy Quotes) Abandoning the project was incredibly stressful after having gone through the process of building the room, installing the kiln, collecting the stones, sitting with the kiln day and night as it came to temperature, experiencing the failures (Andy Goldsworthy Quotes) A snowball is simple, direct and familiar to most of us. I use this simplicity as a container for feelings and ideas that function on many levels (Andy Goldsworthy Quotes) 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 Quotes) I have walked around the same streets so many times, and then seen a place that had been hidden to me. I now know the sites in a way that makes me think I could have made better use of the connections between place and snowball (Andy Goldsworthy Quotes) Fire is the origin of stone. By working the stone with heat, I am returning it to its source (Andy Goldsworthy Quotes) 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 art gets assimilated into culture (Andy Goldsworthy Quotes) 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 happening to me as I grow older (Andy Goldsworthy Quotes) 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 to nature. I’m right there. There’s nowhere to go, and that frightens me (Andy Goldsworthy Quotes) 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 and pandering to it (Andy Goldsworthy Quotes) I can’t edit the materials I work with. My remit is to work with nature as a whole (Andy Goldsworthy Quotes) 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. You can feel that stones have witnessed so many things (Andy Goldsworthy Quotes) I soon realised that what had happened on a small scale cannot necessarily be repeated on a larger scale. The stones were so big that the amount of heat required was prohibitively expensive and wasteful (Andy Goldsworthy Quotes) When I make a work, I often take it to the very edge of its collapse, and that’s a very beautiful balance (Andy Goldsworthy Quotes) There are occasions when I have moved boulders, but I’m reluctant to, especially ones that have been rooted in a place for many years (Andy Goldsworthy Quotes) I can’t edit the materials I work with. My remit is to work with nature as a whole. I find nature as a whole disturbing. Nature can be harsh – difficult and brutal, as well as beautiful. You couldn’t walk five minutes from here without coming across something that is dead or decaying (Andy Goldsworthy Quotes) A lot of my work is like picking potatoes; you have to get into the rhythm of it. It is different than patience. It is not thinking. It is working with the rhythm (Andy Goldsworthy Quotes) Movement, change, light, growth and decay are the lifeblood of nature, the energies that I I try to tap through my work. I need the shock of touch, the resistance of place, materials and weather, the earth as my source. Nature is in a state of change and that change is the key to understanding. I want my art to be sensitive and alert to changes in material, season and weather. Each work grows, stays, decays. Process and decay are implicit. Transience in my work reflects what I find in nature (Andy Goldsworthy Quotes) I want to get under the surface. When I work with a leaf, rock, stick, it is not just that material in itself, it is an opening into the processes of life within and around it. When I leave it, these processes continue (Andy Goldsworthy Quotes) The underlying tension of a lot of my art is to try and look through the surface appearance of things. Inevitably, one way of getting beneath the surface is to introduce a hole, a window into what lies below (Andy Goldsworthy Quotes) Fire is the origin of stone.By working the stone with heat, I am returning it to its source (Andy Goldsworthy Quotes)

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