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
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.
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.
change creativity creative
The creative habit is like a drug. The particular obsession changes, but the excitement, the thrill of your creation lasts.
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.
helping-others people sculpture
Painting and sculpture help other people to see what a wonderful world we live in.
drawing draws
I have always liked drawing, when you draw you see things more intensely.
independent light may
A work can have in it a pent-up energy, an intense life of its own, independent of the subject it may represent.
important important-things
The important thing is somehow to begin.
communication eye artist
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.
sculpture shapes obsessed
A sculptor is a person obsessed with the form and shape of things.
positive thinking given
I think, what has this day brought me, and what have I given it?
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.
drawing sometimes enjoyment
I sometimes draw just for its own enjoyment.