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Do whatever you do intensely.

Robert Henri

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Robert Henri
Age: 64 †
Born: 1865
Born: June 24
Died: 1929
Died: July 12
Artist
Painter
Cincinnati
Ohio
Robert Earle Henri
Robert Henry Cozad
Robert Earl Henri
Henri
Robert Cozad Henri
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The sketch hunter moves through life as he finds it, not passing negligently the things he loves, but stopping to know them, and to note them down in the shorthand of his sketchbook.
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Get the few main lines and see what lines they call out.
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I have heard it very often said that an artist does not need intelligence, that his is the province of the soul
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Knowledge of anatomy is a tool like good brushes.
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To be free, to be happy and to be fruitful, can only be attained through sacrifice of many common but overestimated things.
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Know what the old masters did. Know how they composed their pictures, but do not fall into the conventions they established. These conventions were right for them, and they are wonderful. They made their language. You make yours. All the past can help you.
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The man who has honesty, integrity, the love of inquiry, the desire to see beyond, is ready to appreciate good art.
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Do not let the fact that things are not made for you, that conditions are not as they should be stop you. Go on anyway. Everything depends on those who go on anyway.
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The good thing about painting from memory is that so much is forgotten.
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Why do we love the sea? It is because it has some potent power to make us think things we like to think.
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Develop your visual memory. Draw everything you have drawn from the model from memory as well.
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Art is certainly not a pursuit for anyone who wants to make money.
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Count on big lines to express your ideas.
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Do not worry about your originality. You could not get rid of it even if you wanted to.
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The pursuit of happiness is a great activity. One must be open and alive. It is the greatest feat man has to accomplish, and spirits must flow. There must be courage. There are no easy ruts to get into which lead to happiness. A man must become interesting to himself and must become actually expressive before he can be happy.
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Be a warhorse for work and enjoy even the struggle against defeat.
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Keep a bad drawing until by study you have found out why it is bad.
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