55 Quotes by Antony Gormley

I think critics are very useful. But I think that they, in a way, betray their position when they stop people looking for themselves.

I have to say that I reject somewhat the distinction between something called art and something called public art. I think all art demands and desires to be seen.

I used to think that the great thing about sculpture was that, like Stonehenge, it was something that stood against time in an adamantine way, and was an absolute mass in space. Now I try to use the language of architecture to redescribe the body as a place.

Public money should be spent on art but through individuals not committees.

It's wonderful to see art in a museum, but it is institutionalised. I don't like the idea of the artwork as something that requires special conditions. I would like it to be universal.

It is a depressing business talking to journalist.

I feel terribly misunderstood; I feel terribly misunderstood.

I think that the equator could act as a great equalizer for all life on Earth, celebrated as the great energy belt of the planet. If all our energy grids were synchronized, the light side of the planet could provide energy for the dark side, according to the movement of the sun.

Judgment is very easy, but I think, on the whole, professional critics maybe see too much, and compare too much, and forget the joy of actually looking and contemplating for its own sake.