Andy Goldsworthy Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Even in winter an isolated patch of snow has a special quality.”

“A snowball is simple, direct and familiar to most of us. I use this simplicity as a container for feelings and ideas that function on many levels.”

“Winter makes a bridge between one year and another and, in this case, one century and the next.”

“Confrontation is something that I accept as part of the project though not its purpose.”

“The early firings contained many stones.”

“I have worked with this red all over the world - in Japan, California, France, Britain, Australia - a vein running round the earth. It has taught me about the flow, energy and life that connects one place with another.”

“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.”

“Ideas must be put to the test. That's why we make things, otherwise they would be no more than ideas. There is often a huge difference between an idea and its realisation. I've had what I thought were great ideas that just didn't work.”

“It's frightening and unnerving to watch a stone melt.”

“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.”