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Discipline in art is a fundamental struggle to understand oneself, as much as to understand what one is drawing.

Henry Moore

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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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Fundamentals
Drawing
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The soul cannot thrive in the absence of art.
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I don't know of any good work of art that doesn't have a mystery.
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The important thing is somehow to begin.
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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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People think that they see, but they don't.
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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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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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There is nothing greater than enthusiasm.
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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 creative habit is like a drug. The particular obsession changes, but the excitement, the thrill of your creation lasts.
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