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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-moore/recently-i-have-been-working-in-the-country-where-carving-in-the-open/)

[Henry Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-moore/)

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> [I admit clearly and frankly that early Mexican art formed my views of carving as much as anything I could do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-moore/i-admit-clearly-and-frankly-that-early-mexican-art-formed-my-views-of/)

[Henry Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-moore/)

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## More by Henry Moore

> [Now I really make the little idea from clay, and I hold it in my hand. I can turn it, look at it from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-moore/now-i-really-make-the-little-idea-from-clay-and-i-hold-it-in-my-hand/)

[Henry Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-moore/)

> [The first hole made through a piece of stone is a revelation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-moore/the-first-hole-made-through-a-piece-of-stone-is-a-revelation/)

[Henry Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-moore/)

> [One never knows what each day is going to bring. The important thing is to be open and ready for it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-moore/one-never-knows-what-each-day-is-going-to-bring-the-important-thing/)

[Henry Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-moore/)

> [Recently I have been working in the country, where, carving in the open air, I find sculpture more natural than in a London studio,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-moore/recently-i-have-been-working-in-the-country-where-carving-in-the-open/)

[Henry Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-moore/)

> [There is a right physical size for every idea.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-moore/there-is-a-right-physical-size-for-every-idea/)

[Henry Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-moore/)

> [The construction of the human figure, its tremendous variety of balance, of size, of rhythm, all those things make the human form much more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-moore/the-construction-of-the-human-figure-its-tremendous-variety-of/)

[Henry Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-moore/)

> [I believe that nothing should be taboo - no theory or prejudice should close one's mind to a discovery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-moore/i-believe-that-nothing-should-be-taboo-no-theory-or-prejudice-should/)

[Henry Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-moore/)

> [So with the young African artists. What they have to learn from tribal art is not how to copy the traditional forms, but the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-moore/so-with-the-young-african-artists-what-they-have-to-learn-from-tribal/)

[Henry Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-moore/)

> [The hole connects one side to the other, making it immediately more three-dimensional. A hole can itself have as much shape-meaning as a solid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-moore/the-hole-connects-one-side-to-the-other-making-it-immediately-more/)

[Henry Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-moore/)

> [If I set out to sculpt a standing man and it becomes a lying woman, I know I am making art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-moore/if-i-set-out-to-sculpt-a-standing-man-and-it-becomes-a-lying-woman-i/)

[Henry Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-moore/)

> [I have always been very interested in landscape... I find that all natural forms are a source of unending interest - tree trunks, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-moore/i-have-always-been-very-interested-in-landscape-i-find-that-all/)

[Henry Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-moore/)

> [I find in all the artists that I admire most a disturbing element, a distortion, giving evidence of a struggle . . . .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-moore/i-find-in-all-the-artists-that-i-admire-most-a-disturbing-element-a/)

[Henry Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-moore/)

> [A work can have in it a pent-up energy, an intense life of its own, independent of the subject it may represent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-moore/a-work-can-have-in-it-a-pent-up-energy-an-intense-life-of-its-own/)

[Henry Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-moore/)

> [A sculptor is a person obsessed with the form and shape of things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-moore/a-sculptor-is-a-person-obsessed-with-the-form-and-shape-of-things/)

[Henry Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-moore/)

> [Abstraction means getting away from a visual interpretation but nearer to an emotional one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-moore/abstraction-means-getting-away-from-a-visual-interpretation-but/)

[Henry Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-moore/)

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