All the arts are based on the senses. What they do for the person who practices them, and also the persons interested in them, is make that particular sense more active and more acute. Henry Moore More Quotes by Henry Moore More Quotes From 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. Henry Moore independent light energy A sculptor is a person obsessed with the form and the shape of things, and it's not just Ihe shape of any one thing, but the shape of any thing and everything. Henry Moore sculpture shapes art You must always be open to your luck. You cannot force it, but you can recognize it. Henry Moore force luck To know one thing, you must know the opposite. Henry Moore knows opposites art 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. Henry Moore effort expression reality I have always been very interested in landscape... I find that all natural forms are a source of unending interest - tree trunks, the growth of branches from the trunk, each finding its own individual air-space. Henry Moore space air tree A sculptor is a person who is interested in the shape of things, a poet in words, a musician by sounds. Henry Moore musician shapes art It is a mistake for a sculptor or a painter to speak or write very often about his job. It releases tension needed for his work. Henry Moore mistake jobs art Being an artist is celebrating life. Henry Moore celebrate-life passion artist If an artist tries consciously to do something to others, it is to stretch their eyes, their thoughts, to something they would not see or feel if the artist had not done it. To do this, he has to stretch his own first. Henry Moore communication eye artist The observation of nature is part of an artist's life. Henry Moore observation artist You leave space for the body, imagining the other part even though it isn't there. Henry Moore space body Nothing raises the price of a blessing like its removal; whereas, it was its continuance which should have taught us its value. [It is wise to be grateful of what we have while we have it.] Henry Moore gratitude grateful wise Discipline in art is a fundamental struggle to understand oneself, as much as to understand what one is drawing. Henry Moore drawing struggle art Art is not to do with the practical side of making a living. It's to live a fuller human life. Henry Moore human-life sides art There is nothing greater than enthusiasm. Henry Moore greater enthusiasm I think, what has this day brought me, and what have I given it? Henry Moore positivity attitude positive The construction of the human figure, its tremendous variety of balance, of size, of rhythm, all those things make the human form much more difficult to get right in a drawing than anything else. Henry Moore drawing balance humanity Abstraction means getting away from a visual interpretation but nearer to an emotional one. Henry Moore interpretation emotional mean One mustn't let technique be the consciously important thing. It should be at the service of expressing the form. Henry Moore form technique important
