Andy Goldsworthy Inspirational Quotes (100)

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.

People do not realise that many of my works are done in urban places. I was brought up on the edge of Leeds, five miles from the city centre-on one side were fields and on the other, the city.

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

Movement, change, light, growth, and decay are the life-blood of nature, the energies that I try to tap through my work.