Henry Moore
Henry Moore
Henry Spencer Moore OM CH FBAwas an Anglo-Irish sculptor and artist. He was best known for his semi-abstract monumental bronze sculptures which are located around the world as public works of art...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionSculptor
Date of Birth30 July 1898
art art-is our-lives
Art is to make our lives richer and fuller.
mean emotional interpretation
Abstraction means getting away from a visual interpretation but nearer to an emotional one.
celebration celebration-of-life
I would like my work to be thought of as a celebration of life and nature..
thinking people
People think that they see, but they don't.
ideas size
There is a right physical size for every idea.
pieces shapes size
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.
drawing sometimes enjoyment
I sometimes draw just for its own enjoyment.
art past separation
Art is a continuous activity with no separation between past and present.
art degrees art-is
All art is an abstraction to some degree.
art sides human-life
Art is not to do with the practical side of making a living. It's to live a fuller human life.
memories artist two
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.
art struggle drawing
Discipline in art is a fundamental struggle to understand oneself, as much as to understand what one is drawing.
views hands sky
Now I really make the little idea from clay, and I hold it in my hand. I can turn it, look at it from underneath, see it from one view, hold it against the sky, imagine it any size I like, and really be in control almost like God creating something.
enthusiasm greater
There is nothing greater than enthusiasm.