Henry Moore (1898 -1986) is considered one of the seminal sculptors of the 20th Century, whose bronzes, often monumental, are located around the world as public works of art. During the year when he turned eighty, Henry Moore and Orde, who was working on a portfolio of graphics by Moore, were discussing his graphics spread out in the sitting room at Much Hadham and a conversation developed. During this conversation Moore freely explored questions put to him about his art, what is graphic art, about themes in his work, about reality, about the influence of novels on his life, about originality in art, about what he thinks at the beginning of the day, about living in one's own period, about the meaning of art and much more.