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You will never draw the sense of a thing unless you are feeling it at the time you work.

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
Feelings
Thing
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Draw
Never
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Time
Draws
Unless
Feeling
Sense

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