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.

Quote by Henry Moore

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

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

The secret of life is to have a task, something you devote your entire life...

The secret of life is to have a task, something you devote your entire life...

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

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

To know one thing, you must know the opposite.

To know one thing, you must know the opposite.

The observation of nature is part of an artist's life, it enlarges his form [and]...

The observation of nature is part of an artist's life, it enlarges his form [and]...

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

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

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

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

A sculptor is a person who is interested in the shape of things, a poet...

A sculptor is a person who is interested in the shape of things, a poet...

The creative habit is like a drug. The particular obsession changes, but the excitement, the...

The creative habit is like a drug. The particular obsession changes, but the excitement, the...

The creative habit is like a drug. The particular obsession changes, but the excitement, the...

The creative habit is like a drug. The particular obsession changes, but the excitement, the...

Habits are the shorthand of behavior

Habits are the shorthand of behavior

Each year one vicious habit rooted out, in time might make the worst man good...

Each year one vicious habit rooted out, in time might make the worst man good...

Mindless habitual behavior is the enemy of innovation.

Mindless habitual behavior is the enemy of innovation.

If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you...

If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you...

Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would I'd never leave.

Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would I'd never leave.

Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just...

Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just...

Habits are to the soul what the veins and arteries are to the blood, the...

Habits are to the soul what the veins and arteries are to the blood, the...

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

A very slight change in our habits is sufficient to destroy our sense of our...

A very slight change in our habits is sufficient to destroy our sense of our...

Good habits result from resisting temptation

Good habits result from resisting temptation