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
sculpture shapes obsessed
A sculptor is a person obsessed with the form and shape of things.
art musician sound
A sculptor is a person who is interested in the shape of things, a poet in words, a musician by sounds.
life inspiration artist
The observation of nature is part of an artist's life, it enlarges his form [and] knowledge, keeps him fresh and from working only by formula, and feeds inspiration.
art struggle giving
I find in all the artists that I admire most a disturbing element, a distortion, giving evidence of a struggle . . . . In great art, this conflict is hidden, it is unresolved. All that is bursting with energy is disturbing - not perfect.
air space tree
I have always been very interested in landscape... I find that all natural forms are a source of unending interest - tree trunks, the growth of branches from the trunk, each finding its own individual air-space.
art opposites one-thing
To know one thing, you must know the opposite.
artist observation
The observation of nature is part of an artist's life.
helping-others people sculpture
Painting and sculpture help other people to see what a wonderful world we live in.
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.