Before I start carving the idea must be almost complete. I say 'almost' because the really important thing seems to be the sculptor's ability to let his intuition guide him over the gap between conception and realization without compromising the integrity of the original idea; the point being that the material has vitality – it resists and makes demands..


p. 279 - 'The Studio 132:643', (1946)

Barbara Hepworth Quotes

Before I start carving the idea must be almost complete. I say 'almost' because the really important thing seems to be the sculptor's ability to let...

Before I start carving the idea must be almost complete. I say 'almost' because the really important thing seems to be the sculptor's ability to let...

Before I start carving the idea must be almost complete. I say 'almost' because the really important thing seems to be the sculptor's ability to let...

Before I start carving the idea must be almost complete. I say 'almost' because the really important thing seems to be the sculptor's ability to let...