14 Quotes by Andy Goldsworthy
Andy Goldsworthy is a sculptor and environmental artist known for his site-specific installations made from natural materials such as leaves, stones, and ice. Goldsworthy's work often involves a deep engagement with the natural world, and he has created installations in locations ranging from rural fields to urban parks. His art is characterized by its ephemeral nature, as many of his installations are designed to decay and return to the earth over time. Goldsworthy's work has been exhibited in museums and galleries around the world and has inspired countless artists and nature-lovers to explore the beauty and complexity of the natural world. (Bio)
Andy Goldsworthy Quotes
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. (Meaning)
There is life in a stone. Any stone that sits in a field or lies on a beach takes on the memory of that place. You can feel that stones have witnessed so many things.
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.
Snow provokes responses that reach right back to childhood.
Nature, for me is raw and dangerous and difficult and beautiful and unnerving.
People also leave presence in a place even when they are no longer there. (Meaning)
I'm very fortunate to be able to do what I do and live the way I do.
If I had to describe my work in one word, that word would be time.
People are the nature of the city, and you can feel it in the pavement.
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.
Some of the snowballs have a kind of animal energy. Not just because of the materials inside them, but in the way that they appear caged, captured.
Beauty is what sustains things, although beauty is underwritten by pain and fear.
We often forget that we are nature.
I think that I'm always trying to get beyond the surface appearance of things, to go beyond what I can just see.
― Andy Goldsworthy Quotes
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