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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.

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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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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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 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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Art is to make our lives richer and fuller.
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Talking about one's work releases the energy and tension to do and make.
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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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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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There is nothing greater than enthusiasm.
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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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The observation of nature is part of an artist's life.
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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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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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To be an artist is to believe in life.
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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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Art is a continuous activity with no separation between past and present.
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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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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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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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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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I have always liked drawing, when you draw you see things more intensely.
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