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One mustn't let technique be the consciously important thing. It should be at the service of expressing the form.
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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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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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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The soul cannot thrive in the absence of art.
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I think in terms of the day's resolutions, not the years'.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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I don't know of any good work of art that doesn't have a mystery.
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People think that they see, but they don't.
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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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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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All art is an abstraction to some degree.
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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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