Art has to change things, and if it was immediately acceptable it would not be doing the job. Antony Gormley acceptableartchange Change image and share on social
Public money should be spent on art but through individuals not committees. Antony Gormley artcommitteeindividual Change image and share on social
Cities have become places where we are controlled, by CCTV and other means, in the same way as machines are controlled. My works provide an imaginative space in which this can be challenged. It's like opening a window in a closed room. Antony Gormley cctvchallengecity share on social
Judgment is very easy, but I think, on the whole, professional critics maybe see too much, and compare too much, and forget the joy of actually looking and contemplating for its own sake. Antony Gormley comparecontemplatecritic Change image and 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
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
'6 Times' is an attempt to reinvestigate the social responsibility of sculpture. The body in question is a particular body, but it doesn't really matter whose it is. Antony Gormley attemptbodymatter Change image and share on social
I just want my work to be part of the elemental world. Antony Gormley elementalpartwork Change image and share on social
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 actcountdumbness Change image and 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
