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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

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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
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The 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.
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It's frightening and unnerving to watch a stone melt.
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Fire is the origin of stone.By working the stone with heat, I am returning it to its source.
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I love the winter. Well, I love all the seasons, but the winter is possibly one of the most intense.
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