156 Quotes by Andy Goldsworthy

Breaking stone with a hammer is a familiar and acceptable way of working the material, but is in fact a more violent response than firing.

The relationship between the public and the artist is complex and difficult to explain. There is a fine line between using this critical energy creatively and pandering to it.

Some snowballs contain seeds, which will be released in the melt in what could be seen as a hopeless attempt at growth in a built-up environment.

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.

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.

Not being able to touch is sometimes as interesting as being able to touch.

Abandoning the project was incredibly stressful after having gone through the process of building the room, installing the kiln, collecting the stones, sitting with the kiln day and night as it came to temperature, experiencing the failures.

I did tests on small stones before collecting and committing myself to the larger ones.

I'm cautious about using fire. It can become theatrical. I am interested in the heat, not the flames.