“ A sculptor is a person who is interested in the shape of things, a poet in words, a musician by sounds. 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. Henry Moore
“ The creative habit is like a drug. The particular obsession changes, but the excitement, the thrill of your creation lasts. Henry Moore
“ Discipline in art is a fundamental struggle to understand oneself, as much as to understand what one is drawing. Henry Moore
“ One never knows what each day is going to bring. The important thing is to be open and ready for it. Henry Moore
“ Sculpture is an art of the open air. Daylight, sunlight, is necessary to it, and for me, its best setting and complement is nature. Henry Moore
“ I'm very grateful that I was too poor to get to art school until I was 21. ... I was old enough when I got there to know how to get something out of it. Henry Moore
“ Now I really make the little idea from clay and I hold it in my hand. I can turn it look at it from underneath see it from one view hold it against the sky imagine it any size I like and really… Henry Moore
“ The violent quarrel between the abstractionists and the surrealists seems to me quite unnecessary. All good art has contained both abstract and surrealist elements, just as it has contained both class… Henry Moore
