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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.
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
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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Art is a continuous activity with no separation between past and present.
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I have always been very interested in landscape... I find that all natural forms are a source of unending interest - tree trunks, the growth of branches from the trunk, each finding its own individual air-space.
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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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I don't know of any good work of art that doesn't have a mystery.
Henry Moore
Art is the expression of imagination, not the reproduction of reality.
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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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I have always liked drawing, when you draw you see things more intensely.
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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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To know one thing, you must know the opposite.
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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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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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Talking about one's work releases the energy and tension to do and make.
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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.
Henry Moore
All art is an abstraction to some degree.
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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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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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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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