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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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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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Art is to make our lives richer and fuller.
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Discipline in art is a fundamental struggle to understand oneself, as much as to understand what one is drawing.
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To be an artist is to believe in life.
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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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The observation of nature is part of an artist's life, it enlarges his form [and] knowledge, keeps him fresh and from working only by formula, and feeds inspiration.
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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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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.
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The important thing is somehow to begin.
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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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The observation of nature is part of an artist's life.
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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.
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I have always liked drawing, when you draw you see things more intensely.
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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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I don't know of any good work of art that doesn't have a mystery.
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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.
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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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