Author: 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.

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 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

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

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

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

If your work doesn't speak to people, it's beyond comprehension and risible, but if people engage with it, you become tarred with the brush of populism.

If your work doesn't speak to people, it's beyond comprehension and risible, but if people engage with it, you become tarred with the brush of populism.

- 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

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

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