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“There is no loneliness like that of a failed marriage.”

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Alexander Theroux is an American novelist born on August 17, 1939. Known for his satirical and humorous writing, his works explore various aspects of American society and culture. more

“Looking, touching, material, place and form are all inseparable from the resulting work. It is difficult to say where one stops and another begins. The energy and space around a material are as important as the energy and space within. The weather--rain, sun, snow, hail, mist, calm--is that external space made visible. When I touch a rock, I am touching and working the space around it. It is not independent of its surroundings, and the way it sits tells how it came to be there.”

Way Made Important Form Energy Difficult Space Sun Rocks Materials Rain Independent Calm Snow Weather Visible Working It Touching Surroundings Mist Inseparable Hail

Author:Andy Goldsworthy

“The underlying tension of a lot of my art is to try and look through the surface appearance of things. Inevitably, one way of getting beneath the surface is to introduce a hole, a window into what lies below.”

Way Trying Looks Art Lying Art Is Window Appearance Surface Holes One Way Tension Introducing Beneath The Surface

Author:Andy Goldsworthy

“I want to get under the surface. When I work with a leaf, rock, stick, it is not just that material in itself, it is an opening into the processes of life within and around it. When I leave it, these processes continue.”

Want Process Rocks Materials Sticks Surface Opening Leafs Process Of Life

Author:Andy Goldsworthy

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