Author: 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.

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

The very first lead work that I made is called 'Land Sea and Air,' and is the enclosure of primal elements within that kind of carapace of lead.

The very first lead work that I made is called 'Land Sea and Air,' and is the enclosure of primal elements within that kind of carapace of lead.

- Antony Gormley

I'm trying to make work that is reflective and is encouraging of reflection.

I'm trying to make work that is reflective and is encouraging of reflection.

- Antony Gormley

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.

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

The making of a whole person and the creation of true individuals can only happen by singing and dancing and making art.

The making of a whole person and the creation of true individuals can only happen by singing and dancing and making art.

- Antony Gormley

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.

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

I was educated by monks - I thank them dearly for the education they gave me, but I am no longer a Catholic.

I was educated by monks - I thank them dearly for the education they gave me, but I am no longer a Catholic.

- Antony Gormley

I would say that the whole way that I have approached the body is as a space, not a thing - not an object to be improved, idealised or whatever, but simply to be dwelt in.

I would say that the whole way that I have approached the body is as a space, not a thing - not an object to be improved, idealised or whatever, but simply to be dwelt in.

- Antony Gormley

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