“As with all my work, whether it's a leaf on a rock or ice on a rock, I...” — Andy Goldsworthy Quote

As with all my work, whether it's a leaf on a rock or ice on a rock, I'm trying to get beneath the surface appearance of things. Working the surface of a stone is an attempt to understand the internal energy of the stone.

Even in winter an isolated patch of snow has a special quality.

I have walked around the same streets so many times, and then seen a place that had been hidden to me. I now know the sites in a way that makes me think I could have made better use of the connections between place and snowball.

I am not a performer but occasionally I deliberately work in a public context. Some sculptures need the movement of people around them to work.

Intuition makes much of it; I mean by this the faculty of seeing a connection between things that in appearance are completely different; it does not fail to lead us astray quite often.

My mom grew up in extreme poverty, and always spoke of it with a look of disgust. She felt pressured to fit in, and felt shame about her house, clothes, and general appearance.

Although it was short, I have fond memories of my appearance in KBS's 'Fight My Way.'

I used to consider changing a lot of different things in my appearance. I've been that person.

The biggest problem with every art is by the use of appearance to create a loftier reality.