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Henry Moore Quotes

One mustn’t let technique be the consciously important thing. It should be at the service of expressing the form Picture Quote #1

One never knows what each day is going to bring. The important thing is to be open and ready for it Picture Quote #1

The secret of life is to have a task, something you devote your entire life to, something you bring everything to, every minute of the day for the rest of your life. And the most important thing is, it must be something you cannot possibly do Picture Quote #1

The creative habit is like a drug. The particular obsession changes, but the excitement, the thrill of your creation lasts Picture Quote #1

Discipline in art is a fundamental struggle to understand oneself, as much as to understand what one is drawing Picture Quote #1

A sculptor is a person who is interested in the shape of things, a poet in words, a musician by sounds Picture Quote #1

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I don’t know of any good work of art that doesn’t have a mystery Picture Quote #1

I sometimes begin a drawing with no preconceived problem to solve, with only the desire to use pencil on paper... but as my eye takes in what is so produced, a point arrives where some idea crystallizes, and then a control and ordering begins to take place Picture Quote #1

The construction of the human figure, its tremendous variety of balance, of size, of rhythm, all those things make the human form much more difficult to get right in a drawing than anything else Picture Quote #1

Our knowledge of shape and form remains, in general, a mixture of visual and of tactile experiences... A child learns about roundness from handling a ball far more than from looking at it Picture Quote #1

Sculpture is an art of the open air... I would rather have a piece of my sculpture put in a landscape, almost any landscape, than in, or on, the most beautiful building I know Picture Quote #1

I find drawing a useful outlet for ideas for which there is not time enough to realize as sculpture... And I sometimes draw just for its own enjoyment Picture Quote #1

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The artist works with a concentration of his whole personality, and the conscious part of it resolves conflicts, organized memories, and prevents him from trying to walk in two directions at the same time Picture Quote #1

If an artist tries consciously to do something to others, it is to stretch their eyes, their thoughts, to something they would not see or feel if the artist had not done it. To do this, he has to stretch his own first Picture Quote #1

Art is not to do with the practical side of making a living. It’s to live a fuller human life Picture Quote #1

I’m very grateful that I was too poor to get to art school until I was 21... I was old enough when I got there to know how to get something out of it Picture Quote #1

You must always be open to your luck. You cannot force it, but you can recognize it Picture Quote #1

All art should have a certain mystery and should make demands on the spectator. Giving a sculpture or a drawing too explicit a title takes away part of that mystery so that the spectator moves on to the next object, making no effort to ponder the meaning of what he has just seen. Everyone thinks that he or she looks but they don’t really, you know Picture Quote #1

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Between beauty of expression and power of expression there is a difference of function. The first aims at pleasing the senses, the second has a spiritual vitality which for me is more moving and goes deeper than the senses Picture Quote #1

A piece of sculpture can have a hole through it and not be weakened if the hole is of a studied size, shape, and direction Picture Quote #1

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One mustn’t let technique be the consciously important thing. It should be at the service of expressing the form (Henry Moore Quotes) One never knows what each day is going to bring. The important thing is to be open and ready for it (Henry Moore Quotes) The secret of life is to have a task, something you devote your entire life to, something you bring everything to, every minute of the day for the rest of your life. And the most important thing is, it must be something you cannot possibly do (Henry Moore Quotes) The creative habit is like a drug. The particular obsession changes, but the excitement, the thrill of your creation lasts (Henry Moore Quotes) Discipline in art is a fundamental struggle to understand oneself, as much as to understand what one is drawing (Henry Moore Quotes) A sculptor is a person who is interested in the shape of things, a poet in words, a musician by sounds (Henry Moore Quotes) I don’t know of any good work of art that doesn’t have a mystery (Henry Moore Quotes) I sometimes begin a drawing with no preconceived problem to solve, with only the desire to use pencil on paper... but as my eye takes in what is so produced, a point arrives where some idea crystallizes, and then a control and ordering begins to take place (Henry Moore Quotes) The construction of the human figure, its tremendous variety of balance, of size, of rhythm, all those things make the human form much more difficult to get right in a drawing than anything else (Henry Moore Quotes) Our knowledge of shape and form remains, in general, a mixture of visual and of tactile experiences... A child learns about roundness from handling a ball far more than from looking at it (Henry Moore Quotes) Sculpture is an art of the open air... I would rather have a piece of my sculpture put in a landscape, almost any landscape, than in, or on, the most beautiful building I know (Henry Moore Quotes) I find drawing a useful outlet for ideas for which there is not time enough to realize as sculpture... And I sometimes draw just for its own enjoyment (Henry Moore Quotes) The artist works with a concentration of his whole personality, and the conscious part of it resolves conflicts, organized memories, and prevents him from trying to walk in two directions at the same time (Henry Moore Quotes) If an artist tries consciously to do something to others, it is to stretch their eyes, their thoughts, to something they would not see or feel if the artist had not done it. To do this, he has to stretch his own first (Henry Moore Quotes) Art is not to do with the practical side of making a living. It’s to live a fuller human life (Henry Moore Quotes) I’m very grateful that I was too poor to get to art school until I was 21... I was old enough when I got there to know how to get something out of it (Henry Moore Quotes) You must always be open to your luck. You cannot force it, but you can recognize it (Henry Moore Quotes) All art should have a certain mystery and should make demands on the spectator. Giving a sculpture or a drawing too explicit a title takes away part of that mystery so that the spectator moves on to the next object, making no effort to ponder the meaning of what he has just seen. Everyone thinks that he or she looks but they don’t really, you know (Henry Moore Quotes) Between beauty of expression and power of expression there is a difference of function. The first aims at pleasing the senses, the second has a spiritual vitality which for me is more moving and goes deeper than the senses (Henry Moore Quotes) A piece of sculpture can have a hole through it and not be weakened if the hole is of a studied size, shape, and direction (Henry Moore Quotes)

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