It is as much the conversations between objects as between us and objects that make museums so valuable.
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 GormleyOur appearance belongs to others, we live in the darkness of the body-part of all darkness but felt.
Antony GormleyWell, 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 Gormley