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Andy Goldsworthy quotes: Everything has the energy of its making inside it.

Everything has the energy of its making inside it.

Andy Goldsworthy quotes: Once the fired stone is out of the kiln, it is still possible to mentally reconstruct it in its original form.

Once the fired stone is out of the kiln, it is still possible to mentally reconstruct it in its original form.

Andy Goldsworthy quotes: I go way beyond just the wood and stone but to the process of growth and farming and the tensions between the two.

I go way beyond just the wood and stone but to the process of growth and farming and the tensions between the two.

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.

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: I'm very fortunate to be able to do what I do and live the way I do.

I'm very fortunate to be able to do what I do and live the way I do.

Andy Goldsworthy quotes: 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.

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.

Andy Goldsworthy quotes: Snow provokes responses that reach right back to childhood.

Snow provokes responses that reach right back to childhood.

Andy Goldsworthy quotes: Nature, for me is raw and dangerous and difficult and beautiful and unnerving.

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

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

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

Andy Goldsworthy quotes: It's art that's taught me to think and to write.

It's art that's taught me to think and to write.

Andy Goldsworthy quotes: If you lay in the rain, every rain shower, storm, whatever, is different. Every surface is different.

If you lay in the rain, every rain shower, storm, whatever, is different. Every surface is different.

Andy Goldsworthy quotes: The first snowball I froze was put in my mother's deep freeze when I was in my early 20s.

The first snowball I froze was put in my mother's deep freeze when I was in my early 20s.

Andy Goldsworthy quotes: Beauty is what sustains things, although beauty is underwritten by pain and fear.

Beauty is what sustains things, although beauty is underwritten by pain and fear.

Andy Goldsworthy quotes: The early firings contained many stones.

The early firings contained many stones.

Andy Goldsworthy quotes: I'm not a performer, in that I don't like the public, but I work in that respect.

I'm not a performer, in that I don't like the public, but I work in that respect.

Andy Goldsworthy quotes: Even in winter an isolated patch of snow has a special quality.

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

Andy Goldsworthy quotes: Sometimes you need to stop doing something to really see it afresh.

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

Andy Goldsworthy quotes: If you repeat something, it can become pointless. Some things can repeat and be endlessly fascinating.

If you repeat something, it can become pointless. Some things can repeat and be endlessly fascinating.

Andy Goldsworthy quotes: I think that any sculpture is a response to its environment. It can be brought to life or put to sleep by the environment.

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 quotes: The main source of my income is through the commissions of the large-scale works and big sculptures, the projects.

The main source of my income is through the commissions of the large-scale works and big sculptures, the projects.

Andy Goldsworthy quotes: Photography is a way of putting distance between myself and the work which sometimes helps me to see more clearly what it is that I have made.

Photography is a way of putting distance between myself and the work which sometimes helps me to see more clearly what it is that I have made.

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.

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: 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.

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

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

Andy Goldsworthy quotes: My work comes first, reasons for it follow.

My work comes first, reasons for it follow.

Andy Goldsworthy quotes: I think that I'm always trying to get beyond the surface appearance of things, to go beyond what I can just see.

I think that I'm always trying to get beyond the surface appearance of things, to go beyond what I can just see.

Andy Goldsworthy quotes: The essence of drawing is the line exploring space.

The essence of drawing is the line exploring space.

Andy Goldsworthy quotes: The reason why the stone is red is its iron content, which is also why our blood is red.

The reason why the stone is red is its iron content, which is also why our blood is red.

Andy Goldsworthy quotes: I did tests on small stones before collecting and committing myself to the larger ones.

I did tests on small stones before collecting and committing myself to the larger ones.

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

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

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

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

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.

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: The things that I make are that which a person will make. They're not meant to mimic nature. They are nothing but the result of a hand of a person.

The things that I make are that which a person will make. They're not meant to mimic nature. They are nothing but the result of a hand of a person.

Andy Goldsworthy quotes: A stone is ingrained with geological and historical memories.

A stone is ingrained with geological and historical memories.

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.

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: Fire is the origin of stone. By working the stone with heat, I am returning it to its source.

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

Andy Goldsworthy quotes: Art for me is a form of nourishment. I need the land. I need it.

Art for me is a form of nourishment. I need the land. I need it.

Andy Goldsworthy quotes: Art is not a career - it's a life.

Art is not a career - it's a life.

Andy Goldsworthy quotes: It's just that when I work on someone else's land, it makes me aware of the social nature of that landscape.

It's just that when I work on someone else's land, it makes me aware of the social nature of that landscape.

Andy Goldsworthy quotes: Complete control can be the death of a work.

Complete control can be the death of a work.

Andy Goldsworthy quotes: Generally in New York, people just walk over you with no problem about that. Other countries, people want to resuscitate you, like, after a bit.

Generally in New York, people just walk over you with no problem about that. Other countries, people want to resuscitate you, like, after a bit.

Andy Goldsworthy quotes: We leave our presence in the pavement. We're walking over it, sitting on steps.

We leave our presence in the pavement. We're walking over it, sitting on steps.

Andy Goldsworthy quotes: Not being able to touch is sometimes as interesting as being able to touch.

Not being able to touch is sometimes as interesting as being able to touch.

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.

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: We often forget that we are nature ...

We often forget that we are nature ...

Andy Goldsworthy quotes: Design implies a sense of mapping something out and then you follow the plan.

Design implies a sense of mapping something out and then you follow the plan.

Andy Goldsworthy quotes: People are the nature of the city, and you can feel it in the pavement.

People are the nature of the city, and you can feel it in the pavement.

Andy Goldsworthy quotes: The British climate, although it is very wet, it is quite mild in winter. We don't get these severe - generally don't get severe winters.

The British climate, although it is very wet, it is quite mild in winter. We don't get these severe - generally don't get severe winters.

Andy Goldsworthy quotes: I take the opportunity each day offers.

I take the opportunity each day offers.

Andy Goldsworthy quotes: People also leave presence in a place even when they are no longer there.

People also leave presence in a place even when they are no longer there.

Andy Goldsworthy quotes: You must have something new in a landscape as well as something old, something that's dying and something that's being born.

You must have something new in a landscape as well as something old, something that's dying and something that's being born.

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

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

Andy Goldsworthy quotes: Confrontation is something that I accept as part of the project though not its purpose.

Confrontation is something that I accept as part of the project though not its purpose.

Andy Goldsworthy quotes: I enjoy working in a quiet and subversive way.

I enjoy working in a quiet and subversive way.

Andy Goldsworthy quotes: It's frightening and unnerving to watch a stone melt.

It's frightening and unnerving to watch a stone melt.

Andy Goldsworthy quotes: I'm cautious about using fire. It can become theatrical. I am interested in the heat, not the flames.

I'm cautious about using fire. It can become theatrical. I am interested in the heat, not the flames.