Henry Moore Quotes
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A sculptor is a person who is interested in the shape of things, a poet in words, a musician by sounds.
[Art]
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Discipline in art is a fundamental struggle to understand oneself, as much as to understand what one is drawing.
[Discipline]
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I think in terms of the day's resolutions, not the year's.
[Mornings]
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I think, what has this day brought me, and what have I given it?
[Evenings]
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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.
[Adversity]
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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.
[Art]
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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 be in control, almost like God creating something.
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One never knows what each day is going to bring. The important thing is to be open and ready for it.
[Mornings]
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Seeing that picture, for me, was like Chartres Cathedral.
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The creative habit is like a drug. The particular obsession changes, but the excitement, the thrill of your creation lasts.
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The important thing is somehow to begin.
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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.
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There is nothing greater than enthusiasm.
[Enthusiasm]
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To know one thing, you must know the opposite.
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What's important is finding out what works for you.
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You must always be open to your luck. You cannot force it, but you can recognize it.
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