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Andy Goldsworthy Quotes: I am not a performer but occasionally I deliberately work in a public context. Some sculptures need the movement of people around them to work.
         

I am not a performer but occasionally I deliberately work in a public context. Some sculptures need the movement of people around them to work.


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