Author: Henry Moore

Quotes

Discipline in art is a fundamental struggle to understand oneself, as much as to understand what one is drawing.

Discipline in art is a fundamental struggle to understand oneself, as much as to understand what one is drawing.

- Henry Moore

The most striking quality common to all primitive art is its intense vitality. It is something made by a people with a direct and immediate response to life.

The most striking quality common to all primitive art is its intense vitality. It is something made by a people with a direct and immediate response to life.

- Henry Moore

I think in terms of the day's resolutions, not the years'.

I think in terms of the day's resolutions, not the years'.

- Henry Moore

A sculptor is a person who is interested in the shape of things, a poet in words, a musician by sounds.

A sculptor is a person who is interested in the shape of things, a poet in words, a musician by sounds.

- Henry Moore

It is a mistake for a sculptor or a painter to speak or write very often about his job. It releases tension needed for his work.

It is a mistake for a sculptor or a painter to speak or write very often about his job. It releases tension needed for his work.

- Henry Moore

I admit clearly and frankly that early Mexican art formed my views of carving as much as anything I could do.

I admit clearly and frankly that early Mexican art formed my views of carving as much as anything I could do.

- Henry Moore

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