Henry Moore

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.

Nothing raises the price of a blessing like its removal whereas it was its continuance which should have taught us its value.

To be an artist is to believe in life.

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

I think in terms of the day's resolutions, not the years'.

The creative habit is like a drug. The particular obsession changes, but the excitement, the thrill of your creation lasts.

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

Discipline in art is a fundamental struggle to understand oneself, as much as to understand what one is drawing.

A piece of sculpture can have a hole through it and not be weakened if the hole is of a studied size, shape, and direction.

Discipline in art is a fundamental struggle to understand oneself as much as to understand what one is drawing.

Seeing that picture, for me, was like Chartres Cathedral.

The secret of life is to have a task, something you devote your entire life to, something you bring everything to, every minute of the day for the rest of your life. And the most important thing is, it must be something you cannot possibly do.

To know one thing, you must know the opposite.

A sculptor is a person who is interested in the shape of things, a poet in words, a musician by sounds.

Painting and sculpture help other people to see what a wonderful world we live in.