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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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Henry Moore
Age: 88 †
Born: 1898
Born: July 30
Died: 1986
Died: August 31
Graphic Artist
Illustrator
Painter
Printmaker
Sculptor
Visual Artist
Watercolorist
Henry Spencer Moore
Henari Mure
Henri Mur
Henri Mor
Henry II Moore
Heng-li Mo-erh
Henry Moore II
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One mustn't let technique be the consciously important thing. It should be at the service of expressing the form.
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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.
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Art is the expression of imagination, not the reproduction of reality.
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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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The creative habit is like a drug. The particular obsession changes, but the excitement, the thrill of your creation lasts.
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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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To be an artist is to believe in life.
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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.
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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.
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To know one thing, you must know the opposite.
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You must always be open to your luck. You cannot force it, but you can recognize it.
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The whole of nature is an endless demonstration of shape and form. It always surprises me when artists try to escape from this.
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There is nothing greater than enthusiasm.
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Art is a continuous activity with no separation between past and present.
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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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Painting and sculpture help other people to see what a wonderful world we live in.
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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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Art is to make our lives richer and fuller.
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