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Antony Gormley Quotes

I want to start where language ends Picture Quote #1

Making 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 Picture Quote #1

Art is not about objects of high monetary exchange. It’s about reasserting our firsthand experience in present time Picture Quote #1

Most big cities like London and Glasgow have great big rivers that are unmissable. What’s brilliant about the Water of Leith is that it’s so hidden. It’s a secret Picture Quote #1

I would like to go to Kalimantan island in Sumatra to see the carvings and longhouse sculptures. I’ve also always wanted to look at the wood carvings along the Sepik River in New Guinea Picture Quote #1

I think that the equator could act as a great equalizer for all life on Earth, celebrated as the great energy belt of the planet. If all our energy grids were synchronized, the light side of the planet could provide energy for the dark side, according to the movement of the sun Picture Quote #1

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There is no question that creative intelligence comes not through learning things you find in books or histories that have already been written, but by focusing on and giving value to experience as it happens Picture Quote #1

My best travelling experience lasted several years: between 1971 and 1974 when I bummed around the East. All I had with me was a cooking pot, a stove, a map and blankets and a couple of dhotis Picture Quote #1

Cities have become places where we are controlled, by CCTV and other means, in the same way as machines are controlled. My works provide an imaginative space in which this can be challenged. It’s like opening a window in a closed room Picture Quote #1

It’s a wonderful thing to make work that is unadorned either by context, framing or label, that can exist in the changing conditions of light, weather, wind Picture Quote #1

Making 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 Picture Quote #1

I think scale is about, in a way, the apprehension of proportion, and all the proportions that mean things to us as human beings are related to the body Picture Quote #1

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I want people to be excited about cooling towers and megasheds; they’re as much part of our history as the rural barn Picture Quote #1

Due to the failure of politics, which has become a process of middle-management, art has become one of the last open spaces to question core beliefs and to design a viable future. Art becomes an open space where we can ask fundamental questions about ourselves Picture Quote #1

I always like to look for adventure when I go away. I have gone on several horse adventures with my wife - from Guangxi we went up to the High Tibetan region. We also went along the Hurunui River on horseback in the South Island of New Zealand Picture Quote #1

I believe in the city as a natural human environment, but we must humanize it. It’s art that will re-define public space in the 21st Century. We can make our cities diverse, inspirational places by putting art, dance and performance in all its forms into the matrix of street life Picture Quote #1

It is a depressing business talking to journalist Picture Quote #1

Art is the means by which we communicate what it feels like to be alive Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

I have to say that I reject somewhat the distinction between something called art and something called public art. I think all art demands and desires to be seen Picture Quote #1

I think critics are very useful. But I think that they, in a way, betray their position when they stop people looking for themselves Picture Quote #1

Maybe this is a utopian view of art but I do believe that art can function as a vehicle, that it isn’t just a cultural pursuit, something that happens in art galleries. Unless art is linked to experience and the fear and joy of that, it becomes mere icing on the cake Picture Quote #1

Art has to change things, and if it was immediately acceptable it would not be doing the job Picture Quote #1

Art is not about objects of high monetary exchange. It’s about reasserting our firsthand experience in present time Picture Quote #1

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We are not moving towards some kind of goal. We are at the goal, and it is changing with us. If art has any purpose, it is to open our eyes to that fact Picture Quote #1

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I want to start where language ends (Antony Gormley Quotes) Making 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 Gormley Quotes) Art is not about objects of high monetary exchange. It’s about reasserting our firsthand experience in present time. (Antony Gormley Quotes) Most big cities like London and Glasgow have great big rivers that are unmissable. What’s brilliant about the Water of Leith is that it’s so hidden. It’s a secret. (Antony Gormley Quotes) I would like to go to Kalimantan island in Sumatra to see the carvings and longhouse sculptures. I’ve also always wanted to look at the wood carvings along the Sepik River in New Guinea. (Antony Gormley Quotes) I think that the equator could act as a great equalizer for all life on Earth, celebrated as the great energy belt of the planet. If all our energy grids were synchronized, the light side of the planet could provide energy for the dark side, according to the movement of the sun. (Antony Gormley Quotes) There is no question that creative intelligence comes not through learning things you find in books or histories that have already been written, but by focusing on and giving value to experience as it happens. (Antony Gormley Quotes) My best travelling experience lasted several years: between 1971 and 1974 when I bummed around the East. All I had with me was a cooking pot, a stove, a map and blankets and a couple of dhotis. (Antony Gormley Quotes) Cities have become places where we are controlled, by CCTV and other means, in the same way as machines are controlled. My works provide an imaginative space in which this can be challenged. It’s like opening a window in a closed room. (Antony Gormley Quotes) It’s a wonderful thing to make work that is unadorned either by context, framing or label, that can exist in the changing conditions of light, weather, wind. (Antony Gormley Quotes) Making 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 Gormley Quotes) I think scale is about, in a way, the apprehension of proportion, and all the proportions that mean things to us as human beings are related to the body. (Antony Gormley Quotes) I want people to be excited about cooling towers and megasheds; they’re as much part of our history as the rural barn. (Antony Gormley Quotes) Due to the failure of politics, which has become a process of middle-management, art has become one of the last open spaces to question core beliefs and to design a viable future. Art becomes an open space where we can ask fundamental questions about ourselves. (Antony Gormley Quotes) I always like to look for adventure when I go away. I have gone on several horse adventures with my wife - from Guangxi we went up to the High Tibetan region. We also went along the Hurunui River on horseback in the South Island of New Zealand (Antony Gormley Quotes) I believe in the city as a natural human environment, but we must humanize it. It’s art that will re-define public space in the 21st Century. We can make our cities diverse, inspirational places by putting art, dance and performance in all its forms into the matrix of street life (Antony Gormley Quotes) It is a depressing business talking to journalist (Antony Gormley Quotes) Art is the means by which we communicate what it feels like to be alive (Antony Gormley Quotes) 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 Gormley Quotes) I have to say that I reject somewhat the distinction between something called art and something called public art. I think all art demands and desires to be seen (Antony Gormley Quotes) I think critics are very useful. But I think that they, in a way, betray their position when they stop people looking for themselves (Antony Gormley Quotes) Maybe this is a utopian view of art but I do believe that art can function as a vehicle, that it isn’t just a cultural pursuit, something that happens in art galleries. Unless art is linked to experience and the fear and joy of that, it becomes mere icing on the cake (Antony Gormley Quotes) Art has to change things, and if it was immediately acceptable it would not be doing the job (Antony Gormley Quotes) Art is not about objects of high monetary exchange. It’s about reasserting our firsthand experience in present time (Antony Gormley Quotes) We are not moving towards some kind of goal. We are at the goal, and it is changing with us. If art has any purpose, it is to open our eyes to that fact (Antony Gormley Quotes)