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.

Dame Barbara Hepworth DBE (10 January 1903 – 20 May 1975) was an English sculptor. Hepworth created a memorial to him entitled Madonna and Child in the church in St Ives. One of her most prestigious works is Single Form in memory of her friend and collector of her works Dag Hammarskjöld at the United Nations building in New York City.

Her work exemplifies Modernism and with such contemporaries as Ivon Hitchens Henry Moore Ben Nicholson Naum Gabo Barbara Hepworth helped to develop modern art (sculpture in particular) in Britain. Dame Barbara Hepworth DBE (10 January 1903 – 20 May 1975) was an English sculptor.