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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
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Painter
Printmaker
Sculptor
Visual Artist
Watercolorist
Henry Spencer Moore
Henari Mure
Henri Mur
Henri Mor
Henry II Moore
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Henry Moore II
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The first hole made through a piece of stone is a revelation.
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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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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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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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