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Art is the expression of imagination, not the reproduction of reality.
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
Expression
Imagination
Art
Reality
Reproduction
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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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I think in terms of the day's resolutions, not the years'.
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Art is to make our lives richer and fuller.
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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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The important thing is somehow to begin.
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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 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.
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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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One mustn't let technique be the consciously important thing. It should be at the service of expressing the form.
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To know one thing, you must know the opposite.
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There is a right physical size for every idea.
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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.
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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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Because a work does not aim at reproducing natural appearances it is not, therefore, an escape from life -- but may be a penetration into reality...as expression of the significance of life, a stimulation to greater effort in living.
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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 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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The creative habit is like a drug. The particular obsession changes, but the excitement, the thrill of your creation lasts.
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All art is an abstraction to some degree.
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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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I have always liked drawing, when you draw you see things more intensely.
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