I came to these mediums through having the garden, and of course, people who have designed gardens have always worked in collaboration, and never made their own inscriptions. Ian Hamilton Finlay collaborationdesigngarden Change image and share on social
No, I don't make my work in order to challenge or confuse other people's expectations - I only do what I find natural. Ian Hamilton Finlay challengeconfuseexpectation Change image and share on social
The same sort of thing happened in my dispute with the National Trust book: Follies: A National Trust Guide, which implied that the only pleasure you can get from Folly architecture is by calling the architect mad, and by laughing at the architecture. Ian Hamilton Finlay architectarchitecturebook share on social
I am not a modern man, I am just a wee old fashioned one. Ian Hamilton Finlay fashionmanmodern Change image and share on social
Little Sparta is a garden in the traditional sense. It is perhaps not like other modern gardens, but I think that other times would have had no difficulty with it. Ian Hamilton Finlay difficultygardenmodern Change image and share on social
What you compose with is neither here nor there, you compose with words, or you compose with stone plants and trees, or you compose with events; the Sheriff's officer, or whatever. Ian Hamilton Finlay composeeventofficer Change image and share on social
My position is that since the non-secular status of my garden is not recognised by the law; by the world of the public, then the garden can only be private. So, I closed the garden to the public. Ian Hamilton Finlay closegardenlaw Change image and share on social
However, I don't feel the world is looking over my shoulder when I am working - I never think about this at all. What I think about is trying to make my work pure, and if it is pure then it can be accessible. It is quite straight forward really. Ian Hamilton Finlay accessiblefeelforward share on social
