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Everything has the energy of its making inside it.

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
Making
Energy
Everything
Inside

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Confrontation is something that I accept as part of the project though not its purpose.
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Not being able to touch is sometimes as interesting as being able to touch.
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I take the opportunity each day offers.
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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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If I had to describe my work in one word, that word would be time.
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I think that any sculpture is a response to its environment. It can be brought to life or put to sleep by the environment.
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It's frightening and unnerving to watch a stone melt.
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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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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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The reason why the stone is red is its iron content, which is also why our blood is red.
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I'm dealing with the most important things there are: life and nature. If this doesn't work, if this doesn't sustain me, I can't go back to nature. I'm right there. There's nowhere to go, and that frightens me.
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People also leave presence in a place even when they are no longer there.
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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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My sculpture can last for days or a few seconds - what is important to me is the experience of making. I leave all my work outside and often return to watch it decay.
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The hardened mass of liquid stones had much stronger qualities than those which had simply torn. The skin remained a recognisable part of the molten stone.
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Beauty is what sustains things, although beauty is underwritten by pain and fear.
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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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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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The relationship between the public and the artist is complex and difficult to explain. There is a fine line between using this critical energy creatively and pandering to it.
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I'm cautious about using fire. It can become theatrical. I am interested in the heat, not the flames.
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