I felt the most intense pleasure in piercing the stone in order to make an abstract form and space; quite a different sensation from that of doing it for the purpose of realism.
One must be entirely sensitive to the structure of the material that one is handling. One must yield to it in tiny details of execution, perhaps the … - Barbara Hepworth
One must be entirely sensitive to the structure of the material that one is handling. One must yield to it in tiny details of execution, perhaps the …
- Barbara Hepworth
The sculptor must search with passionate intensity for the underlying principle of the organisation of mass and tension - the meaning of gesture and … - Barbara Hepworth
The sculptor must search with passionate intensity for the underlying principle of the organisation of mass and tension - the meaning of gesture and …
All my early memories are of forms and shapes and textures. Moving through and over the West Riding landscape with my father in his car, the hills we… - Barbara Hepworth
All my early memories are of forms and shapes and textures. Moving through and over the West Riding landscape with my father in his car, the hills we…
Body experience... is the centre of creation. - Barbara Hepworth
Body experience... is the centre of creation.
The naturalness of life... the sense of community is, I think, a very important factor in an artist's life. - Barbara Hepworth
The naturalness of life... the sense of community is, I think, a very important factor in an artist's life.
I found one had to do some work every day, even at midnight, because either you're professional or you're not. - Barbara Hepworth
I found one had to do some work every day, even at midnight, because either you're professional or you're not.
My works are an imitation of my own past and present. - Barbara Hepworth
My works are an imitation of my own past and present.
It is easy now to communicate with people through abstraction, and particularly so in sculpture. Since the whole body reacts to its presence, people … - Barbara Hepworth
It is easy now to communicate with people through abstraction, and particularly so in sculpture. Since the whole body reacts to its presence, people …
I have gained very great inspiration from the Cornish land- and seascape, the horizontal line of the sea and the quality of light and colour which re… - Barbara Hepworth
I have gained very great inspiration from the Cornish land- and seascape, the horizontal line of the sea and the quality of light and colour which re…
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