Henry Moore

“There's no retirement for an artist, it's your way of living so there's no end to it.”

— Henry Moore

Cezanne had an enormous influence on everyone in that period; there was a change in attitudes to art. People found him disturbing…

— Henry Moore

Seeing that picture, for me, was like Chartres Cathedral.

— Henry Moore

The observation of nature is part of an artist's life, it enlarges his form [and] knowledge, keeps him fresh and from working…

— Henry Moore

There is nothing greater than enthusiasm.

— Henry Moore

I would like my work to be thought of as a celebration of life and nature.

— Henry Moore

I find drawing a useful outlet for ideas for which there is not time enough to realize as sculpture... And I sometimes…

— Henry Moore

The most striking quality common to all primitive art is its intense vitality. It is something made by a people with a…

— Henry Moore

You must always be open to your luck. You cannot force it, but you can recognize it.

— Henry Moore

To be an artist is to believe in life.

— Henry Moore

I sometimes begin a drawing with no preconceived problem to solve, with only the desire to use pencil on paper... but as…

— Henry Moore

Art is the expression of imagination, not the reproduction of reality.

— Henry Moore

I have always liked drawing, when you draw you see things more intensely.

— Henry Moore

Art is to make our lives richer and fuller.

— Henry Moore

The observation of nature is part of an artist's life.

— Henry Moore

Sculpture is an art of the open air... I would rather have a piece of my sculpture put in a landscape, almost…

— Henry Moore

I think about sculpture all the time. I work at it for ten to twelve hours a day. I even dream about…

— Henry Moore

Since the Gothic, European sculpture has become overgrown with moss, weeds - all sorts of surface excrescences which completely concealed shape. It…

— Henry Moore

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

— Henry Moore

There are universal shapes to which everybody is subconsciously conditioned and to which they can respond if their conscious control does not…

— Henry Moore

All the arts are based on the senses. What they do for the person who practices them, and also the persons interested…

— Henry Moore

All art should have a certain mystery and should make demands on the spectator. Giving a sculpture or a drawing too explicit…

— Henry Moore

Nothing raises the price of a blessing like its removal; whereas, it was its continuance which should have taught us its value.…

— Henry Moore

All good art has contained both abstract and surrealist elements, just as it has contained both classical and romantic elements - order…

— Henry Moore

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

— Henry Moore