Andy GoldsworthyI enjoy working in a quiet and subversive way. ✨ Andy Goldsworthy (2001). Midsummer Snowballs, Harry N. Abrams371Time
Andy GoldsworthyWinter makes a bridge between one year and another and, in this case, one century and the next.343Hope
Andy GoldsworthySnow provokes responses that reach right back to childhood. ✨ Andy Goldsworthy (2001). Midsummer Snowballs, Harry N. Abrams313Reading
Andy GoldsworthyTime confined into blind caves or extended through tunnels, responds to the call of infinity, which teases with its promise of freedom. outside the body, time is a pair of compass… ▶335LifeLoveReading
Andy GoldsworthyWhen I make a work, I often take it to the very edge of its collapse, and that's a very beautiful balance.368Hope
Andy GoldsworthyThere are occasions when I have moved boulders, but I'm reluctant to, especially ones that have been rooted in a place for many years.324Death
Andy GoldsworthyPhotography 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. ✨ Interview with Conrad Bodman… ▶3710Time
Andy GoldsworthyTime gives growth, it gives continuity and it gives change. And in the case of some sculptures, time gives a patina to them.292Time
Andy GoldsworthyThe 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. 314Reading
Andy GoldsworthyMovement, 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, materi… ▶336LifePoliticsReflection
Andy GoldsworthyPeople also leave presence in a place even when they are no longer there. ✨ Andy Goldsworthy (2001). Midsummer Snowballs, Harry N. Abrams3610Humanity
Andy GoldsworthyThe stones tear like flesh, rather than breaking. Although what happens is violent, it is a violence that is in stone. A tear is more unnerving than a break.349Politics
Andy GoldsworthyFor me looking, touching, material, place and form are all inseparable from the resulting work. It is difficult to say where one stops and another begins. Place is found by walkin… ▶283Life
Andy GoldsworthyA 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.338Thought
Andy GoldsworthyMy art is an attempt to reach beyond the surface appearance. I want to see growth in wood, time in stone, nature in a city, and I do not mean its parks but a deeper understanding … ▶273Time
Andy GoldsworthyA 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 (2001).… ▶295Thought
Andy GoldsworthyThere 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.307Life
Andy GoldsworthyA stone is ingrained with geological and historical memories.264Love
Andy GoldsworthyArt for me is a form of nourishment. I need the land. I need it.233Death
Andy GoldsworthyNot being able to touch is sometimes as interesting as being able to touch. ✨ Andy Goldsworthy (2001). Midsummer Snowballs, Harry N. Abrams266Time
Andy GoldsworthyWe often forget that WE ARE NATURE. Nature is not something separate from us. So when we say that we have lost our connection to nature, we’ve lost our connection to ourselves.277Hope
Andy GoldsworthyThe 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 (… ▶235Death
Andy GoldsworthyIdeas 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 ha… ▶268Thought
Andy GoldsworthyLooking, touching, material, place and form are all inseparable from the resulting work. It is difficult to say where one stops and another begins. The energy and space around a m… ▶268Reflection
Andy GoldsworthyI'm cautious about using fire. It can become theatrical. I am interested in the heat, not the flames.215Time
Andy GoldsworthyI am not a performer but occasionally I deliberately work in a public context. Some sculptures need the movement of people around them to work.193Humanity
Andy GoldsworthyI have worked with this red all over the world - in Japan, California, France, Britain, Australia - a vein running round the earth. It has taught me about the flow, energy and lif… ▶161Life
Andy GoldsworthyEven in winter an isolated patch of snow has a special quality.183Reading
Andy GoldsworthyI take the opportunity each day offers.228Reflection
Andy GoldsworthyIt's frightening and unnerving to watch a stone melt.206Hope
