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The creative habit is like a drug. The particular obsession changes, but the excitement, the thrill of your creation lasts.
Henry Moore
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Henry Moore
Age: 88 †
Born: 1898
Born: July 30
Died: 1986
Died: August 31
Graphic Artist
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Henry Spencer Moore
Henari Mure
Henri Mur
Henri Mor
Henry II Moore
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Henry Moore II
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It is a mistake for a sculptor or a painter to speak or write very often about his job. It releases tension needed for his work.
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People think that they see, but they don't.
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The observation of nature is part of an artist's life.
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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.
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I find in all the artists that I admire most a disturbing element, a distortion, giving evidence of a struggle . . . . In great art, this conflict is hidden, it is unresolved. All that is bursting with energy is disturbing - not perfect.
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In my opinion, everything, every shape, every bit of natural form, animals, people, pebbles, shells, anything you like are all things that can help you to make a sculpture.
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The first hole made through a piece of stone is a revelation.
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One never knows what each day is going to bring. The important thing is to be open and ready for it.
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All the arts are based on the senses. What they do for the person who practices them, and also the persons interested in them, is make that particular sense more active and more acute.
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Art is a continuous activity with no separation between past and present.
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There is nothing greater than enthusiasm.
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I don't know of any good work of art that doesn't have a mystery.
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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.
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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.
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Art is not to do with the practical side of making a living. It's to live a fuller human life.
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