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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
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Henry Spencer Moore
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I think in terms of the day's resolutions, not the years'.
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To be an artist is to believe in life.
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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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The secret of life is to have a task, something you devote your entire life to, something you bring everything to, every minute of the day for the rest of your life. And the most important thing is, it must be something you cannot possibly do.
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There is a right physical size for every idea.
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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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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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The first hole made through a piece of stone is a revelation.
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Art is a continuous activity with no separation between past and present.
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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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The observation of nature is part of an artist's life.
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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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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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Painting and sculpture help other people to see what a wonderful world we live in.
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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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The soul cannot thrive in the absence of art.
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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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Talking about one's work releases the energy and tension to do and make.
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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 important thing is somehow to begin.
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