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Confrontation is something that I accept as part of the project though not its purpose.
Andy Goldsworthy
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Andy Goldsworthy
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: July 25
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County Palatine of Chester
Andi Gōruzuwājī
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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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The early firings contained many stones.
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We often forget that we are nature.
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The first snowball I froze was put in my mother's deep freeze when I was in my early 20s.
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Nature, for me is raw and dangerous and difficult and beautiful and unnerving.
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Not being able to touch is sometimes as interesting as being able to touch.
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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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It takes between three and six hours to make each snowball, depending on snow quality. Wet snow is quick to work with but also quick to thaw, which can lead to a tense journey to the cold store.
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I'm not a performer, in that I don't like the public, but I work in that respect.
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As you grow older you realize that art has an enormous effect. It's frightening sometimes to think of the effect that we can have.
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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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