Andy Goldsworthy
Andy Goldsworthy
Andy Goldsworthy, OBEis a British sculptor, photographer and environmentalist producing site-specific sculpture and land art situated in natural and urban settings. He lives and works in Scotland...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionSculptor
Date of Birth26 July 1956
connects energy life red round running taught vein worked
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.
acceptable breaking fact familiar hammer response stone violent
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.
connections forget lost
We often forget that WE ARE NATURE. Nature is not something separate from us. So when we say that we have lost our connection to nature, we’ve lost our connection to ourselves.
pavement steps sitting
We leave our presence in the pavement. We're walking over it, sitting on steps.
time giving growth
Time gives growth, it gives continuity and it gives change. And in the case of some sculptures, time gives a patina to them.
performers
I'm not a performer, in that I don't like the public, but I work in that respect.
projects bigs finished
When I do the permanent projects or the big projects, when a work is finished, that's the beginning of its life.
flames fire heat
I'm cautious about using fire. It can become theatrical. I am interested in the heat, not the flames.
stones tests collecting
I did tests on small stones before collecting and committing myself to the larger ones.
sites walked
I have walked around the same streets so many times, and then seen a place that had been hidden to me. I now know the sites in a way that makes me think I could have made better use of the connections between place and snowball.