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
children balls shapes
Our knowledge of shape and form remains, in general, a mixture of visual and of tactile experiences... A child learns about roundness from handling a ball far more than from looking at it.
artist trying shapes
The whole of nature is an endless demonstration of shape and form. It always surprises me when artists try to escape from this.
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.
sculpture shapes obsessed
A sculptor is a person obsessed with the form and shape of things.
Seeing that picture, for me, was like Chartres Cathedral.
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.
creative drug lasts
The creative habit is like a drug.
art mystery good-work
I don't know of any good work of art that doesn't have a mystery.
reality expression effort
Because a work does not aim at reproducing natural appearances it is not, therefore, an escape from life -- but may be a penetration into reality...as expression of the significance of life, a stimulation to greater effort in living.
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.
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.
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.