EACH YEAR THE WORLD-FAMOUS SCULPTOR HENRY MOORE LEAVES HIS HOME IN BRITAIN FOR ITALY. HIS TWO OR THREE-MONTH STAY THERE IS ONLY PARTLY A HOLIDAY: MOSTLY IT'S FOR THE IMPORTANT JOB OF HIS YEAR'S WORLD -- SELECTING HIS MARBLE.

THERE ARE MANY REASONS FOR HENRY MOORE TO GO TO A TINY VILLAGE IN THE APUANE ALPS NOT FAR FROM FLORENCE IN CENTRAL ITALY. BUT ONE IS WHAT THE SCULPTOR CALLS "ROMANTIC". AN EVEN MORE FAMOUS PREDECESSORS OF HIS MICHELANGELO, SPENT TWO YEARS THERE QUARRYING STONE FOR ONE OF HIS LARGER WORKS.

HENRY MOORE EXPLAINED IT ALL TO OUR REPORTER