Author: Henry Moore

Quotes

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

Sculpture is an art of the open air. Daylight, sunlight, is necessary to it, and for me, its best setting and complement is nature.

Sculpture is an art of the open air. Daylight, sunlight, is necessary to it, and for me, its best setting and complement is nature.

- 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

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

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

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