My works are an imitation of my own past and present.
More Quotes from Barbara Hepworth:
I must always have a clear image of the form of a work before I begin. Otherwise there is no impulse to create.Barbara Hepworth
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
Body experience... is the centre of creation.
Barbara Hepworth
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
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
I rarely draw what I see. I draw what I feel in my body.
Barbara Hepworth
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