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I'm cautious about using fire. It can become theatrical. I am interested in the heat, not the flames.

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
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I've laid down in dried up streambeds, leaving a shadow. And then, five minutes later, it's flash flooded, and where I once laid is now running water, which would've washed me away, you know? There's that power and danger often in places that look so calm and pastoral to begin with.
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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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Beauty is what sustains things, although beauty is underwritten by pain and fear.
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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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People are the nature of the city, and you can feel it in the pavement.
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Even in winter an isolated patch of snow has a special quality.
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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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I did tests on small stones before collecting and committing myself to the larger ones.
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The main source of my income is through the commissions of the large-scale works and big sculptures, the projects.
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We leave our presence in the pavement. We're walking over it, sitting on steps.
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I can't edit the materials I work with. My remit is to work with nature as a whole.
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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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I'm very fortunate to be able to do what I do and live the way I do.
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