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I love the winter. Well, I love all the seasons, but the winter is possibly one of the most intense.

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
Seasons
Winter
Wells
Well
Love
Possibly
Intense

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Nature, for me is raw and dangerous and difficult and beautiful and unnerving.
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