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
space body
You leave space for the body, imagining the other part even though it isn't there.
ideas size
There is a right physical size for every idea.
luck force
You must always be open to your luck. You cannot force it, but you can recognize it.
creative drug lasts
The creative habit is like a drug.
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.
passion artist celebrate-life
Being an artist is celebrating life.
spiritual moving expression
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.
wise gratitude grateful
Nothing raises the price of a blessing like its removal; whereas, it was its continuance which should have taught us its value. [It is wise to be grateful of what we have while we have it.]
important technique should
One mustn't let technique be the consciously important thing. It should be at the service of expressing the form.
celebration celebration-of-life
I would like my work to be thought of as a celebration of life and nature..
artist observation
The observation of nature is part of an artist's life.
talking energy release
Talking about one's work releases the energy and tension to do and make.
dream thinking sculpture
I think about sculpture all the time. I work at it for ten to twelve hours a day. I even dream about it. If as a result I was only to produce something that everyone immediately understood I would't have been thinking very profoundly.
eye ideas drawing
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.