Barbara Hepworth Quote

A constructive work is an embodiment of freedom itself, and is unconsciously perceived, even by those who are consciously against it. The desire to live is the strongest universal emotion, it springs from the depths of our unconscious sensibility – and the desire to give life is our most potent, constructive, conscious expression of this intuition.

In: 'Circle', 1937; as quoted in "Voicing our visions, - Writings by women artists", ed. by Mara R. Witzling, Universe New York 1991, p. 279