95 Quotes by Henry Moore

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.]

Talking about one's work releases the energy and tension to do and make.

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

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

Clever people can copy the handwriting of an artist - it's like forging a person's signature.

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

All good art has contained both abstract and surrealist elements, just as it has contained both classical and romantic elements - order and surprise, intellect and imagination, conscious and unconscious. BOTH SIDES of the artist's personality must play their part.

The whole of nature is an endless demonstration of shape and form. It always surprises me when artists try to escape from this.

One mustn't let technique be the consciously important thing. It should be at the service of expressing the form.