Andy Goldsworthy Art Quotes - (8 quotes)

Andy Goldsworthy - From the Aging category:

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. (Andy Goldsworthy)

Andy Goldsworthy - From the Beauty category:

Beauty is what sustains things, although beauty is underwritten by pain and fear. (Andy Goldsworthy)

Andy Goldsworthy - From the Importance category:

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. (Andy Goldsworthy)

Andy Goldsworthy - From the Lines category:

The essence of drawing is the line exploring space. (Andy Goldsworthy)

Andy Goldsworthy - From the Materials category:

Understanding the materials I work with... gives me a deeper understanding of my place. And it's helped me make sense of the changes that are happening to me as I grow older. (Andy Goldsworthy)

Andy Goldsworthy - From the Plagiarism category:

I see my work plagiarized in gardening programmes and decorating programmes and car adverts, and I suppose I have to accept that's just the way art gets assimilated into culture. (Andy Goldsworthy)

Andy Goldsworthy - From the Profession category:

Art is not a career – it's a life. (Andy Goldsworthy)

Andy Goldsworthy - From the Writing category:

It's art that's taught me to think and to write. (Andy Goldsworthy)