Occasionally I have come across a last patch of snow on top of a mountain in late may or june. — Andy Goldsworthy
As with all my work, whether it’s a leaf on a rock or ice on a rock, I’m trying to get beneath — Andy Goldsworthy
Fire is the origin of stone.by working the stone with heat, I am returning it to its source. — Andy Goldsworthy
Confrontation is something that I accept as part of the project though not its purpose. — Andy Goldsworthy
Photography is a way of putting distance between myself and the work which sometimes — Andy Goldsworthy
Once the fired stone is out of the kiln, it is still possible to mentally reconstruct it in its original form. — Andy Goldsworthy
It takes between three and six hours to make each snowball, depending on snow quality. — Andy Goldsworthy
Ideas must be put to the test. That’s why we make things, otherwise they would be no — Andy Goldsworthy
I’m cautious about using fire. It can become theatrical. I am interested in the heat, not the flames. — Andy Goldsworthy
I soon realised that what had happened on a small scale cannot necessarily be repeated — Andy Goldsworthy
It has taught me about the flow, energy and life that connects one place with another. — Andy Goldsworthy
I did tests on small stones before collecting and committing myself to the larger ones. — Andy Goldsworthy
Winter makes a bridge between one year and another and, in this case, one century and the next. — Andy Goldsworthy
I try to achieve a balance between those that haven’t progressed enough and those about to go too far. — Andy Goldsworthy
The relationship between the public and the artist is complex and difficult to explain. — Andy Goldsworthy
The reason why the stone is red is its iron content, which is also why our blood is red. — Andy Goldsworthy
The first snowball I froze was put in my mother’s deep freeze when I was in my early 20s. — Andy Goldsworthy