Author: Henry Moore

Quotes

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 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

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

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

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

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