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Genius is not a possession of the limited few, but exists in some degree in everyone. Where there is natural growth, a full and free play of faculties, genius will manifest itself.
Robert Henri
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Robert Henri
Age: 64 †
Born: 1865
Born: June 24
Died: 1929
Died: July 12
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Robert Earle Henri
Robert Henry Cozad
Robert Earl Henri
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Robert Cozad Henri
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All real works of art look as though they were done in joy.
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Pretend you are dancing or singing a picture.
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Art tends toward balance, order, judgment of relative values, the laws of growth, the economy of living – very good things for anyone to be interested in.
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Each sensation is precious, protect it, cherish it, keep it. Never give it away. You must develop that balance which allows all of the world to come in to you, and only that which you have expressed in your art to move back out again into the world.
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Good composition is like a suspension bridge - each line adds strength and takes none away.
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Don't worry about the rejections. Everybody that's good has gone through it. Don't let it matter if your works are not accepted at once. The better or more personal you are the less likely they are of acceptance.
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The pernicious influence of the prize and medal giving in art is so great that it should be stopped. History proves that juries in art have been generally wrong.
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In a tree there is a spirit of life, a spirit of growth and a spirit of holding its head up.
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It is harder to see than it is to express. The whole value of art rests in the artist's ability to see well into what is before him.
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A picture should be the expression of the will of the painter.
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You will never draw the sense of a thing unless you are feeling it at the time you work.
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Through art mysterious bonds of understanding and of knowledge are established among men.
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There is nothing in all the world more beautiful or significant of the laws of the universe than the nude human body.
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It seems to me that before a man tries to express anything to the world he must recognize in himself an individual, a new one, very distinct from others.
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Art cannot be separated from life. It is the expression of the greatest need of which life is capable, and we value art not because of the skilled product, but because of its revelation of a life's experience.
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Keep a bad drawing until by study you have found out why it is bad.
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Feel the dignity of a child. Do not feel superior to him, for you are not.
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If you think of a school drawing while you work, your drawing will look like one.
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By my teaching I hope to inspire you to personal activity and to present your vision.
Robert Henri
Let every student enter the school with this advice. No matter how good the school is, his education is in his own hands. All education must be self education.
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