“One is always changing. I don't want to write the same book and I couldn't, because I'm a different person.” Quote by Nicole Krauss
“For me, the most powerful way to write about something is through the absence of it. Rather than writing about what it was to become a new mother, I wrote, for example, a father facing death and addressing his estranged son about the regrets of his relationship.” WayWritingMotherFatherPowerfulExampleSonRegretAbsenceMost PowerfulFacing DeathNew Mother Author:Nicole Krauss
“Life in general in my experience gets deeper and deeper, more and more profound, more and more complex, the older one gets.” ProfoundComplexesDeeper Author:Nicole Krauss
“In one's youth, one has tremendous access to one's feelings. And as one gets older, some of those feelings kind of drift away. But so much more happens to you. There's more at stake in life.” KindFeelingsHappensYouthAccessStakes Author:Nicole Krauss
“When you're younger, it's all theoretical. It's all potential. As you get older, it becomes actual, and your life gets filled with unexpected complexity; some of it asked for, and some of it not. It becomes richer, I find.” FilledComplexityUnexpectedTheoretical Author:Nicole Krauss
“The photography is not the aim of the work; the articulation of the work through photography is another way of understanding what's going on and what's happening outside.” WayUnderstandingPhotographyHappeningsAimAnother WayArticulation Author:Andy Goldsworthy
“Why talk about sculpture when I can photograph it?” I CanPhotographSculpture Author:Constantin Brancusi
“If you repeat something, it can become pointless. Some things can repeat and be endlessly fascinating.” IfsRepeatsFascinatingPointless Author:Andy Goldsworthy
“If you lay in the rain, every rain shower, storm, whatever, is different. Every surface is different.” IfsDifferentRainLaysStormSurfaceShowers Author:Andy Goldsworthy
“When I was at art school, a lot of art education is about art being a means of self-expression, and as an 18-year-old I didn't know if I had a huge amount I wanted to express. It was a big moment when I decided I wanted to shift the emphasis or the intention of my art from something I disgorged myself upon and something that actually fed me or made me see the world or understand the world.” IfsKnowsWorldYearsMeanArtMadeSelfMomentsBigsWantedSchoolExpressionHugeAmountArt IsDecidedIntentionFedsEmphasisSelf ExpressionArt SchoolArt Education Author:Andy Goldsworthy
“In contact with materials, I can see so much more with my hands than I can just with my eyes. I'm a participant, not a spectator. I see myself both as an object and a material, and the human presence is really important to the landscapes in which I work.” HumansI CanImportantHandsEyeObjectsMaterialsContactLandscapeSpectatorsParticipants Author:Andy Goldsworthy