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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.
Andy Goldsworthy
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Andy Goldsworthy
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: July 25
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Environmental Artist
Environmentalist
Land Artist
Photographer
Sculptor
County Palatine of Chester
Andi Gōruzuwājī
Andrew Goldsworthy
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Three or four stones in one firing will all react differently. I try to achieve a balance between those that haven't progressed enough and those about to go too far.
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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.
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The photography is not the aim of the work the articulation of the work through photography is another way of understanding what's going on and what's happening outside.
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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.
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The reason why the stone is red is its iron content, which is also why our blood is red.
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Ideas 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 had what I thought were great ideas that just didn't work.
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Design implies a sense of mapping something out and then you follow the plan.
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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 go way beyond just the wood and stone but to the process of growth and farming and the tensions between the two.
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When I’m working with materials it’s not just the leaf or the stone, it’s the processes that are behind them that are important. That’s what I’m trying to understand, not a single isolated object but nature as a whole.
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Confrontation is something that I accept as part of the project though not its purpose.
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It's art that's taught me to think and to write.
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My work comes first, reasons for it follow.
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Art is not a career - it's a life.
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We 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.
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The essence of drawing is the line exploring space.
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People are the nature of the city, and you can feel it in the pavement.
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I want to get under the surface. When I work with a leaf, rock, stick, it is not just that material in itself, it is an opening into the processes of life within and around it. When I leave it, these processes continue.
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It's frightening and unnerving to watch a stone melt.
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We leave our presence in the pavement. We're walking over it, sitting on steps.
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