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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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Flames

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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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As with all my work, whether it's a leaf on a rock or ice on a rock, I'm trying to get beneath the surface appearance of things. Working the surface of a stone is an attempt to understand the internal energy of the stone.
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I did tests on small stones before collecting and committing myself to the larger ones.
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A snowball is simple, direct and familiar to most of us. I use this simplicity as a container for feelings and ideas that function on many levels.
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People are the nature of the city, and you can feel it in the pavement.
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