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Stones are checked every so often to see if any have split or at worst exploded. An explosion can leave debris in the elements so the firing has to be abandoned. ↗

— Andy Goldsworthy

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The first snowball I froze was put in my mother's deep freeze when I was in my early 20s. ↗

— Andy Goldsworthy

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The first stone was just tried in the spirit of experimentation. The opening of the stone was far more interesting than the drawing that I had done on it. ↗

— Andy Goldsworthy

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The hardened mass of liquid stones had much stronger qualities than those which had simply torn. The skin remained a recognisable part of the molten stone. ↗

— Andy Goldsworthy

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The relationship between the public and the artist is complex and difficult to explain. There is a fine line between using this critical energy creatively and pandering to it. ↗

— Andy Goldsworthy

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The stones tear like flesh, rather than breaking. Although what happens is violent, it is a violence that is in stone. A tear is more unnerving than a break. ↗

— Andy Goldsworthy

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Three or four stones in one firing will all react differently. I try to achieve a balance between those that haven't progressed enough and those about to go too far. ↗

— Andy Goldsworthy

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Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue. ↗

— Barry Goldwater

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Equality, rightly understood as our founding fathers understood it, leads to liberty and to the emancipation of creative differences; wrongly understood, as it has been so tragically in our time, it leads first to conformity and then to despotism. ↗

— Barry Goldwater

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I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue. ↗

— Barry Goldwater

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