I believe in the city as a natural human environment, but we must humanize it. It's art that will re-define public space in the 21st Century. We can make our cities diverse, inspirational places by putting art, dance and performance in all its forms into the matrix of street life. Antony Gormley 21startcentury 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
'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
It's wonderful to see art in a museum, but it is institutionalised. I don't like the idea of the artwork as something that requires special conditions. I would like it to be universal. Antony Gormley artartworkcondition Change image and share on social
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
