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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.
Andy Goldsworthy
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Andy Goldsworthy
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: July 25
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Environmental Artist
Environmentalist
Land Artist
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Sculptor
County Palatine of Chester
Andi Gōruzuwājī
Andrew Goldsworthy
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Sometimes you need to stop doing something to really see it afresh.
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We often forget that we are nature.
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Beauty is what sustains things, although beauty is underwritten by pain and fear.
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Even in winter an isolated patch of snow has a special quality.
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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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There are occasions when I have moved boulders, but I'm reluctant to, especially ones that have been rooted in a place for many years.
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It's art that's taught me to think and to write.
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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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We often forget that WE ARE NATURE. Nature is not something separate from us. So when we say that we have lost our connection to nature, we’ve lost our connection to ourselves.
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I am not a performer but occasionally I deliberately work in a public context. Some sculptures need the movement of people around them to 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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The main source of my income is through the commissions of the large-scale works and big sculptures, the projects.
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The difference between a theatre with and without an audience is enormous. There is a palpable, critical energy created by the presence of the audience.
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The underlying tension of a lot of my art is to try and look through the surface appearance of things. Inevitably, one way of getting beneath the surface is to introduce a hole, a window into what lies below.
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Not being able to touch is sometimes as interesting as being able to touch.
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We leave our presence in the pavement. We're walking over it, sitting on steps.
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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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