Due to the failure of politics, which has become a process of middle-management, art has become one of the last open spaces to question core beliefs and to design a viable future. Art becomes an open space where we can ask fundamental questions about ourselves. Antony Gormley artbeliefcore share on social
There is no question that creative intelligence comes not through learning things you find in books or histories that have already been written, but by focusing on and giving value to experience as it happens. Antony Gormley bookcreativeexperience share on social
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 aircallcarapace Change image and share on social
I was educated by monks - I thank them dearly for the education they gave me, but I am no longer a Catholic. Antony Gormley catholicdearlyeducate Change image and share on social
The making of a whole person and the creation of true individuals can only happen by singing and dancing and making art. Antony Gormley artcreationdance Change image and share on social
I would say that the whole way that I have approached the body is as a space, not a thing - not an object to be improved, idealised or whatever, but simply to be dwelt in. Antony Gormley approachbodydwell Change image and share on social
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 artcalldemand Change image and share on social
It doesn't matter if you can't speak the same language. If you have pictures, or better still, if you can draw things, then you can communicate anything to anyone. Antony Gormley communicatedrawlanguage Change image and share on social
It's a wonderful thing to make work that is unadorned either by context, framing or label, that can exist in the changing conditions of light, weather, wind. Antony Gormley changeconditioncontext Change image and share on social
I used to think that the great thing about sculpture was that, like Stonehenge, it was something that stood against time in an adamantine way, and was an absolute mass in space. Now I try to use the language of architecture to redescribe the body as a place. Antony Gormley absoluteadamantinearchitecture share on social
