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The observation of nature is part of an artist's life.

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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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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 observation of nature is part of an artist's life, it enlarges his form [and] knowledge, keeps him fresh and from working only by formula, and feeds inspiration.
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There is a right physical size for every idea.
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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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I think in terms of the day's resolutions, not the years'.
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I don't know of any good work of art that doesn't have a mystery.
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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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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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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 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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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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People think that they see, but they don't.
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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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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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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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Art is the expression of imagination, not the reproduction of reality.
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To know one thing, you must know the opposite.
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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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The important thing is somehow to begin.
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The first hole made through a piece of stone is a revelation.
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