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
art careers art-is
Art is not a career - it's a life.
thinking always-trying appearance
I think that I'm always trying to get beyond the surface appearance of things, to go beyond what I can just see.
important nowhere-to-go importance
I'm dealing with the most important things there are: life and nature. If this doesn't work, if this doesn't sustain me, I can't go back to nature. I'm right there. There's nowhere to go, and that frightens me.
art past years
One of the beauties of art is that it reflects an artist's entire life. What I've learned over the past 30 years is really beginning to inform what I make. I hope that process continues until I die.
art thinking aging
As you grow older you realize that art has an enormous effect. It's frightening sometimes to think of the effect that we can have.
land discipline people
I have six acres in front of my own house, which I very rarely work on. Most of the work occurs on farmers' fields around me. And I like the discipline of working on other people's land.
journey snow quality
It takes between three and six hours to make each snowball, depending on snow quality. Wet snow is quick to work with but also quick to thaw, which can lead to a tense journey to the cold store.
stones firing
The early firings contained many stones.
years boulders has-beens
There are occasions when I have moved boulders, but I'm reluctant to, especially ones that have been rooted in a place for many years.
land landscape social
It's just that when I work on someone else's land, it makes me aware of the social nature of that landscape.
forget
We often forget that we are nature...
would-be ifs one-word
If I had to describe my work in one word, that word would be time.
art mean cities
My art is an attempt to reach beyond the surface appearance. I want to see growth in wood, time in stone, nature in a city, and I do not mean its parks but a deeper understanding that a city is nature too-the ground upon which it is built, the stone with which it is made.
winter intense wells
I love the winter. Well, I love all the seasons, but the winter is possibly one of the most intense.