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

Andy Goldsworthy

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Andy Goldsworthy
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: July 25
Artist
Environmental Artist
Environmentalist
Land Artist
Photographer
Sculptor
County Palatine of Chester
Andi Gōruzuwājī
Andrew Goldsworthy
Heat
Stones
Source
Fire
Working
Returning
Origin
Stone

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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.
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I 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 life that connects one place with another.
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The essence of drawing is the line exploring space.
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When I make a work, I often take it to the very edge of its collapse, and that's a very beautiful balance.
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Complete control can be the death of a work.
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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.
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When I do the permanent projects or the big projects, when a work is finished, that's the beginning of its life.
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Confrontation is something that I accept as part of the project though not its purpose.
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People also leave presence in a place even when they are no longer there.
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If you repeat something, it can become pointless. Some things can repeat and be endlessly fascinating.
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If I'm going to understand the land, I have to understand the wind, the snow, the rain, the leaves, the ice, and changes in temperature. It just reflects a reality for me.
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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.
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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 a transient process that I cannot understand unless my touch is also transient - only in this way can the cycle remain unbroken and the process be complete.
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