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 Read Quote
Western Australia is covered by granite, the largest single piece of Achaean rock that still lies on the surface of the, of, of the Earth, that’s 2.5 to 2.9 billion years old. It’s one of the most ancient and intact bits of the Earth’s crust. Antony Gormley Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I want people to be excited about cooling towers and megasheds; they’re as much part of our history as the rural barn. Antony Gormley Read Quote
How do you make the timelessness of inert, silent objects count for something? How to use the, in a way, dumbness of sculpture in a way that acts on us as living things? Antony Gormley Read Quote
I think it’s probably the Dutch who are to blame for starting the whole ‘art business’, because before they came along, art was attached to relatively stable structures, and it was everybody’s. It was like going to the movies. Antony Gormley Read Quote
