95 Quotes by Henry Moore

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

You leave space for the body, imagining the other part even though it isn’t there.

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

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

I don’t know of any good work of art that doesn’t have a mystery.

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

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

I was the seventh in the family. By the time I came along, one brother and two sisters had already become teachers, and this was the sort of path carved out for the rest of the family.

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 mass.