Andy Goldsworthy Quote

Ideas must be put to the test. That's why we make things, otherwise they would be no more than ideas. There is often a huge difference between an idea and its realisation. I've had what I thought were great ideas that just didn't work. Sometimes it's difficult to say if something has worked or not. Photography is a way of putting distance between myself and the work which sometimes helps me to see more clearly what it is that I have made.


Interview with Conrad Bodman, curator at the Barbican Arts Centre (2001)


Ideas must be put to the test. That's why we make things, otherwise they would be no more than ideas. There is often a huge difference between an...

Ideas must be put to the test. That's why we make things, otherwise they would be no more than ideas. There is often a huge difference between an...

Ideas must be put to the test. That's why we make things, otherwise they would be no more than ideas. There is often a huge difference between an...

Ideas must be put to the test. That's why we make things, otherwise they would be no more than ideas. There is often a huge difference between an...