Author: Antony Gormley

Quotes

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'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

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 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

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

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

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 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

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