156 Quotes by Andy Goldsworthy

A tension develops between what I want and what is emerging. This tension is important to the feeling of the piece.

My art is an attempt to reach beyond the surface appearance. I want to see growth in wood, time in stone, nature in a city, and I do not mean its parks but a deeper understanding that a city is nature too-the ground upon which it is built, the stone with which it is made.

Sometimes I feel that the source of a sculpture's energy comes from the effort of trying to regain a sense of balance lost at some point when I lacked control or concentration or perhaps made an error of judgment.Such moments happen all the time in the making of a sculpture. Not to experience uncertainty or to make no mistakes would in a sense render the making of a sculpture pointless. Any new work should challenge my understanding of both how and why a sculpture should be made.

Fear always accompanies the making of art, generated by the shock of seeing an idea taking its form. A sculpture in the mind is safe and secure--the actual work rarely behaves as intended.

My art helps make sense of things.

I take the opportunity each day offers.

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.

People also leave presence in a place even when they are no longer there.

The British climate, although it is very wet, it is quite mild in winter. We don't get these severe - generally don't get severe winters.