Quotes by Barbara Hepworth

About Barbara Hepworth:

Dame Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth was an English artist and sculptor. Her work exemplifies Modernism and in particular modern sculpture. She was "one of the few women artists to achieve international prominence." Along with artists such as Ben Nicholson and Naum Gabo, Hepworth was a leading figure in the colony of artists who resided in St Ives during the Second World War.
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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

Body experience... is the centre of creation.

Barbara Hepworth

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

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

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

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

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

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

Barbara Hepworth

Author Bio

  • NameBarbara Hepworth
  • DescriptionEnglish sculptor
  • AliasesJocelyn Barbara Hepworth
  • BornJanuary 10, 1903
  • DiedMay 20, 1975
  • CountryEngland
  • ProfessionSculptor
  • WorksConversations With Magic Stones, Figure Three; Elegy III; Sea Form
  • AwardsDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire