In my opinion, long and intense study of the human figure is the necessary foundation for a sculptor. — Henry Moore Copy Share Image
There are three fundamental poses of the human figure. One is standing. The other is seated, and the third is lying down... Of the three poses, the reclining figure gives the most freedom, compositionally and spatially. — Henry Moore Copy Share Image
Now I really make the little idea from clay, and I hold it in my hand. I can turn it, look at it from… — Henry Moore Copy Share Image
One never knows what each day is going to bring. The important thing is to be open and ready for it. — Henry Moore Copy Share Image
Recently I have been working in the country, where, carving in the open air, I find sculpture more natural than in a London studio,… — Henry Moore Copy Share Image
The construction of the human figure, its tremendous variety of balance, of size, of rhythm, all those things make the human form much more… — Henry Moore Copy Share Image
I believe that nothing should be taboo - no theory or prejudice should close one's mind to a discovery. — Henry Moore Copy Share Image
So with the young African artists. What they have to learn from tribal art is not how to copy the traditional forms, but the… — Henry Moore Copy Share Image
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… — Henry Moore Copy Share Image
If I set out to sculpt a standing man and it becomes a lying woman, I know I am making art. — Henry Moore Copy Share Image
I have always been very interested in landscape... I find that all natural forms are a source of unending interest - tree trunks, the… — Henry Moore Copy Share Image
I find in all the artists that I admire most a disturbing element, a distortion, giving evidence of a struggle . . . .… — Henry Moore Copy Share Image
