I'm cautious about using fire. It can become theatrical. I am interested in the heat, not the flames.
Andy GoldsworthyThe main source of my income is through the commissions of the large-scale works and big sculptures, the projects.
Andy GoldsworthyI knew the tree when it grew, and the tree is now gone. The farmers cut it up, and it's become firewood. And there's this tremendous sense of absence and shock and violence attendant to that collapsing tree.
Andy GoldsworthyThere are occasions when I have moved boulders, but I'm reluctant to, especially ones that have been rooted in a place for many years.
Andy GoldsworthyI can't edit the materials I work with. My remit is to work with nature as a whole. I find nature as a whole disturbing. Nature can be harsh – difficult and brutal, as well as beautiful. You couldn't walk five minutes from here without coming across something that is dead or decaying.
Andy Goldsworthy