Barbara Hepworth Quotes

I rarely draw what I see. I draw what I feel in my body.
Barbara Hepworth

Body, Draw, Rarely

At no point do I wish to be in conflict with any man or masculine thought. It doesn't enter my consciousness. Art is anonymous. It's not competitive with men. It's a complementary contribution.
Barbara Hepworth

Men, Art, Thought

Body experience... is the centre of creation.
Barbara Hepworth

Experience, Body, Creation

Halfway through any work, one is often tempted to go off on a tangent. Once you have yielded, you will be tempted to yield again and again... Finally, you would only produce something hybrid.
Barbara Hepworth

Work, Through, Again

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.
Barbara Hepworth

Different, Purpose, Order

I found one had to do some work every day, even at midnight, because either you're professional or you're not.
Barbara Hepworth

Work, Found, Either

My works are an imitation of my own past and present.
Barbara Hepworth

Past, Present, Works

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 handling of the surface or grain, and one must master it as a whole.
Barbara Hepworth

Whole, Sensitive, Perhaps

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Artist

Born: May 20, 1903

Died: January 10, 1975

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