156 Quotes by Andy Goldsworthy

We often forget that we are nature...

If I had to describe my work in one word, that word would be time.

I love the winter. Well, I love all the seasons, but the winter is possibly one of the most intense.

At its most successful, my 'touch' looks into the heart of nature; most days I don't even get close. These things are all part of a transient process that I cannot understand unless my touch is also transient - only in this way can the cycle remain unbroken and the process be complete.

Understanding the materials I work with... gives me a deeper understanding of my place. And it's helped me make sense of the changes that are happening to me as I grow older.

If I'm going to understand the land, I have to understand the wind, the snow, the rain, the leaves, the ice, and changes in temperature. It just reflects a reality for me.

Beauty is what sustains things, although beauty is underwritten by pain and fear.

The photography is not the aim of the work; the articulation of the work through photography is another way of understanding what's going on and what's happening outside.

A lot of my work is like picking potatoes; you have to get into the rhythm of it. It is different than patience. It is not thinking. It is working with the rhythm.