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.
drawing draws
I have always liked drawing, when you draw you see things more intensely.
change creativity creative
The creative habit is like a drug. The particular obsession changes, but the excitement, the thrill of your creation lasts.
beautiful art air
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.
ideas drawing sculpture
I find drawing a useful outlet for ideas for which there is not time enough to realize as sculpture... And I sometimes draw just for its own enjoyment.
art moving thinking
All art should have a certain mystery and should make demands on the spectator. Giving a sculpture or a drawing too explicit a title takes away part of that mystery so that the spectator moves on to the next object, making no effort to ponder the meaning of what he has just seen. Everyone thinks that he or she looks but they don't really, you know.
animal people sculpture
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.
motivational secret important
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.
art lying greatness
If I set out to sculpt a standing man and it becomes a lying woman, I know I am making art.
thinking
Never think of the surface except as an extension of a volume.
important each-day ready
One never knows what each day is going to bring. The important thing is to be open and ready for it.
art believe artist
To be an artist is to believe in life.
inspirational new-year educational
I think in terms of the day's resolutions, not the years'.
country garden air
Recently I have been working in the country, where, carving in the open air, I find sculpture more natural than in a London studio, but it needs bigger dimensions. A large piece of stone or wood placed almost anywhere at random in a field, orchard, or garden, immediately looks right and inspiring.