I'm cautious about using fire. It can become theatrical. I am interested in the heat, not the flames.

Quote by Andy Goldsworthy

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A snowball is simple, direct and familiar to most of us. I use this simplicity...

A snowball is simple, direct and familiar to most of us. I use this simplicity...

People also leave presence in a place even when they are no longer there.

People also leave presence in a place even when they are no longer there.

Occasionally I have come across a last patch of snow on top of a mountain...

Occasionally I have come across a last patch of snow on top of a mountain...

Snow provokes responses that reach right back to childhood.

Snow provokes responses that reach right back to childhood.

I did tests on small stones before collecting and committing myself to the larger ones.

I did tests on small stones before collecting and committing myself to the larger ones.

Winter makes a bridge between one year and another and, in this case, one century...

Winter makes a bridge between one year and another and, in this case, one century...

Abandoning the project was incredibly stressful after having gone through the process of building the...

Abandoning the project was incredibly stressful after having gone through the process of building the...

Stones are checked every so often to see if any have split or at worst...

Stones are checked every so often to see if any have split or at worst...

I soon realised that what had happened on a small scale cannot necessarily be repeated...

I soon realised that what had happened on a small scale cannot necessarily be repeated...

I have worked with this red all over the world - in Japan, California, France,...

I have worked with this red all over the world - in Japan, California, France,...

People do not realise that many of my works are done in urban places. I...

People do not realise that many of my works are done in urban places. I...

The difference between a theatre with and without an audience is enormous. There is a...

The difference between a theatre with and without an audience is enormous. There is a...

I enjoy working in a quiet and subversive way.

I enjoy working in a quiet and subversive way.

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

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

A stone is ingrained with geological and historical memories.

A stone is ingrained with geological and historical memories.

The hardened mass of liquid stones had much stronger qualities than those which had simply...

The hardened mass of liquid stones had much stronger qualities than those which had simply...

The first stone was just tried in the spirit of experimentation. The opening of the...

The first stone was just tried in the spirit of experimentation. The opening of the...

I have walked around the same streets so many times, and then seen a place...

I have walked around the same streets so many times, and then seen a place...

It takes between three and six hours to make each snowball, depending on snow quality....

It takes between three and six hours to make each snowball, depending on snow quality....

Not being able to touch is sometimes as interesting as being able to touch.

Not being able to touch is sometimes as interesting as being able to touch.