The Circle of Life
Keepers of Wisdom. This week - Henry Moore (1898-1986)
"Happiness is to be fully engaged in the activity that you believe in and if you are very good at it, well that's a bonus. An artist's raw material is what he has seen and done, so I still have to refresh my eyes every day. It is not enough to sit in my comfortable chair surrounded by outstanding examples of fine art. Although it is sometimes difficult, I have to go out every day for a drive, to see nature, the countryside, the trees, the sky, to be renewed and refreshed. The drawings I make reflect my love of nature."
"Even now, at the age of 87, it is necessary to go out for a drive each afternoon because it refreshes my vision. I enjoy my afternoon drives enormously. I see different things, even if I go the same route, because the light is always different."
"I cannot draw while I'm looking. I just let my eyes take in what is in front of them. I store it all up in my memory; this has always been so. I will then draw for several da…