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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.
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
Andrew Goldsworthy
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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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Design implies a sense of mapping something out and then you follow the plan.
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It's just that when I work on someone else's land, it makes me aware of the social nature of that landscape.
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I take the opportunity each day offers.
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Snow provokes responses that reach right back to childhood.
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Stones are checked every so often to see if any have split or at worst exploded. An explosion can leave debris in the elements so the firing has to be abandoned.
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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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I love the winter. Well, I love all the seasons, but the winter is possibly one of the most intense.
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The essence of drawing is the line exploring space.
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My art is an attempt to reach beyond the surface appearance. I want to see growth in wood, time in stone, nature in a city, and I do not mean its parks but a deeper understanding that a city is nature too-the ground upon which it is built, the stone with which it is made.
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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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If you repeat something, it can become pointless. Some things can repeat and be endlessly fascinating.
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People are the nature of the city, and you can feel it in the pavement.
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