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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
celebration celebration-of-life
I would like my work to be thought of as a celebration of life and nature..
talking energy release
Talking about one's work releases the energy and tension to do and make.