"All art should have a certain mystery and should make demands on the spectator. Giving a sculpture or a drawing too explicit a title takes away part of that mystery so that the spectator moves on to the next object, making no effort to ponder the meaning of what he has just seen. Everyone thinks that he or she looks but they don't really, you know."

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Source : "The Moore legacy" by Elizabeth Day, www.theguardian.com. July 27, 2008.

Henry Moore

#Art Quotes #Moving Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“For 10 years, I'd been working as a freelance writer and editor, making money but not a living. It was a good arrangement family-wise, allowing me to stay home with our daughter, but not so great financially or, sometimes, ego-wise.”
“He looked so profoundly disappointed in me that I wondered for a moment if he was someone I knew.”
“We have in the last two years, we have passed 350 legislation in the parliament, most of which deal with democratization, human rights, and of course, economy.”
“Photography speaks a universal language that does not need translation, and with an immediacy that the written word lacks. It freezes a moment in time, leaving an indelible image.”
“When I go around in America and I see the bulk of the white people, they do not feel oppressed; they feel powerless [. . .] and we understand the psychological genocide that they have already inflicted upon their own people”

Source : "The Indigenous Voice: Visions and Realities (Volume 2)". Book edited by Roger Moody, 1988.
“It would be wrong to suggest that Scotland could not be another such successful, independent country.”
“Including everyone in the economic, wealth-creating life of the nation is today the best way for Labor (Australian Labor Party) to meet its twin goals of raising national prosperity and creating a fair and decent society.”
“Despite some standout events, 2012 was demoralizing. The Met felt adrift, and New York City Opera couldn't claw its way back to artistic health.”

Source : Source: www.vulture.com

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