Art Quote by Henry Moore

“Art is not to do with the practical side of making a living. It's to live a fuller human life.”

Henry Moore

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Now I really make the little idea from clay, and I hold it in my hand. I can turn it, look at it from…

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The first hole made through a piece of stone is a revelation.

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One never knows what each day is going to bring. The important thing is to be open and ready for it.

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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,…

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There is a right physical size for every idea.

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The construction of the human figure, its tremendous variety of balance, of size, of rhythm, all those things make the human form much more…

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I believe that nothing should be taboo - no theory or prejudice should close one's mind to a discovery.

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So with the young African artists. What they have to learn from tribal art is not how to copy the traditional forms, but the…

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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…

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If I set out to sculpt a standing man and it becomes a lying woman, I know I am making art.

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I have always been very interested in landscape... I find that all natural forms are a source of unending interest - tree trunks, the…

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I find in all the artists that I admire most a disturbing element, a distortion, giving evidence of a struggle . . . .…

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“So, really," continued Jacob as if this were perfectly normal to expound on art in these circumstances, "when you think about it, the artists who make people stop and think, who push the form, who make you uncomfortable, who are laughable, well, they're the ones who get remembered." Idly, Jacob dug a hole in the snow with his shovel and…

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