Well, I think critics are very useful. But I think that they, in a way, betray their position when they stop people looking for themselves. Judgment is very easy, but I think, on the whole, professional critics maybe see too much, and compare too much, and forget the joy of actually looking and contemplating for its own sake.
Antony GormleyOur appearance belongs to others, we live in the darkness of the body-part of all darkness but felt.
Antony GormleyI was educated by monks - I thank them dearly for the education they gave me, but I am no longer a Catholic.
Antony GormleyMaking beautiful things for everyday use is a wonderful thing to do.. making life flow more easily.. but art confronts life, allowing it to stop and perhaps change direction.. they are completely different.
Antony GormleyArt is the means by which we communicate what it feels like to be alive - in the past, that was mixed up with other illustrative duties, but that was still its central function that has been liberated in the art called modern.
Antony Gormley