"Because a work does not aim at reproducing……" — Henry Moore
"Because a work does not aim at reproducing natural appearances it is not, therefore, an escape from life -- but may be a penetration into reality...as expression of the significance of life, a stimulation to greater effort in living."
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55 Quotes by Henry Moore
Henry Moore has 55 quotes on this site.
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The soul cannot thrive in the absence of art.
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Being an artist is celebrating life.
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I have always liked drawing, when you draw you see things more intensely.
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A piece of sculpture can have a hole through it and not be weakened if the hole is of a…
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A sculptor is a person obsessed with the form and shape of things.
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A work can have in it a pent-up energy, an intense life of its own, independent of the subject it…
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Now I really make the little idea from clay, and I hold it in my hand. I can turn it,…
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To know one thing, you must know the opposite.
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The creative habit is like a drug.
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There is nothing greater than enthusiasm.
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Discipline in art is a fundamental struggle to understand oneself, as much as to understand what one is drawing.
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Recently I have been working in the country, where, carving in the open air, I find sculpture more natural than…
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More Aim Quotes
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The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
— Aristotle
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The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
— Aristotle
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Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for…
— Aristotle
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Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause…
— Mahmoud Abbas
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Tourism is a crucial industry that could employ millions of Filipinos, skilled and unskilled alike, cross those 7,107 islands of…
— Benigno Aquino III
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If you watch animals objectively for any length of time, you're driven to the conclusion that their main aim in…
— David Attenborough
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Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim.
— Jane Austen
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The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment…
— Johann Sebastian Bach
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A boy carries out suggestions more wholeheartedly when he understands their aim.
— Robert Baden-Powell
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Social media is a giant distraction to the ultimate aim, which is honing your craft as a songwriter. There are…
— Bryan Adams
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Schools are not intended to moralize a wicked world, but to impart knowledge and develop intelligence, with only two social…
— Jacques Barzun
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