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I knew the tree when it grew, and the tree is now gone. The farmers cut it up, and it's become firewood. And there's this tremendous sense of absence and shock and violence attendant to that collapsing tree.
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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Collapsing
Knew
Farmers
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Cutting
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Even in winter an isolated patch of snow has a special quality.
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In contact with materials, I can see so much more with my hands than I can just with my eyes. I'm a participant, not a spectator. I see myself both as an object and a material, and the human presence is really important to the landscapes in which I work.
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Time gives growth, it gives continuity and it gives change. And in the case of some sculptures, time gives a patina to them.
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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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Sometimes you need to stop doing something to really see it afresh.
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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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