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Generally in New York, people just walk over you with no problem about that. Other countries, people want to resuscitate you, like, after a bit.

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Andy Goldsworthy
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: July 25
Artist
Environmental Artist
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Sculptor
County Palatine of Chester
Andi Gōruzuwājī
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Even in winter an isolated patch of snow has a special quality.
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I think I have been fashioned by the fickle weather of Britain that it is - it's forever changing. There's no kind of constant sun or dry weather or freezing weather, and I'm always having to change and adapt to that.
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I go way beyond just the wood and stone but to the process of growth and farming and the tensions between the two.
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