Barbara Hepworth

I rarely draw what I see. I draw what I feel in my body. ↗

— Barbara Hepworth

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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

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Body experience... is the centre of creation. ↗

— Barbara Hepworth

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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

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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

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

— Barbara Hepworth

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

— Barbara Hepworth

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