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
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.
sculpture shapes obsessed
A sculptor is a person obsessed with the form and shape of things.
helping-others people sculpture
Painting and sculpture help other people to see what a wonderful world we live in.
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.
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.
creative drug lasts
The creative habit is like a drug.
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.
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.]
talking energy release
Talking about one's work releases the energy and tension to do and make.
luck force
You must always be open to your luck. You cannot force it, but you can recognize it.
clever artist people
Clever people can copy the handwriting of an artist - it's like forging a person's signature.
art pieces stones
The first hole made through a piece of stone is a revelation.
important technique should
One mustn't let technique be the consciously important thing. It should be at the service of expressing the form.