Quotes Andy Goldsworthy

A snowball is simple, direct and familiar to most of us. I u...

A stone is ingrained with geological and historical memories...

Abandoning the project was incredibly stressful after having...

As with all my work, whether it's a leaf on a rock or ice on...

Breaking stone with a hammer is a familiar and acceptable wa...

Confrontation is something that I accept as part of the proj...

Even in winter an isolated patch of snow has a special quali...

Fire is the origin of stone.By working the stone with heat, ...

I am not a performer but occasionally I deliberately work in...

I did tests on small stones before collecting and committing...

I enjoy working in a quiet and subversive way....

I have walked around the same streets so many times, and the...

I have worked with this red all over the world-in Japan, Cal...

I often find bits of metal, some of which were tools that wo...

I soon realised that what had happened on a small scale cann...

I use smooth, round, egg-shaped beach stones, which gives th...

I will make another video work for the exhibition - three to...

I'm cautious about using fire. It can become theatrical. I a...

Ideas must be put to the test. That's why we make things, ot...

It takes between three and six hours to make each snowball, ...

It's frightening and unnerving to watch a stone melt....

My art is an attempt to reach beyond the surface appearance....

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

Occasionally I have come across a last patch of snow on top ...

Once the fired stone is out of the kiln, it is still possibl...