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I have to understand the nature of change. And I cannot just work with stone or the more permanent materials. I need to work with leaves and ice and snow and mud and clay and water and the rising tide and the wind and all these.
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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Rising
Nature
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Mud
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Leaves
Tide
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Stones
Tides
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Clay
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Wind
Ice
Water
Stone
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A stone is ingrained with geological and historical memories.
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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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