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The artist should have a powerful will. He should be powerfully possessed by one idea
Robert Henri
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Robert Henri
Age: 64 †
Born: 1865
Born: June 24
Died: 1929
Died: July 12
Artist
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Robert Earle Henri
Robert Henry Cozad
Robert Earl Henri
Henri
Robert Cozad Henri
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Self-acquainta nce is a rare condition.
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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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Life is finding yourself. It is a spirit development.
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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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Feel the dignity of a child. Do not feel superior to him, for you are not.
Robert Henri
I am interested in art as a means of living a life not as a means of making a living.
Robert Henri
If you think of a school drawing while you work, your drawing will look like one.
Robert Henri
Good composition is like a suspension bridge - each line adds strength and takes none away.
Robert Henri
The model is not to be copied, but to be realized.
Robert Henri
Manet did not do the expected. He was a pioneer. He followed his individual whim. Told the public what he wanted it to know, not the time worn things the public already knew and thought it wanted to hear again. The public was very much offended.
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Do whatever you do intensely.
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The artist should be intoxicated with the idea of the thing he wants to express.
Robert Henri
It is the common defect of modern art study. Too many students do not know why they draw.
Robert Henri
All real works of art look as though they were done in joy.
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The world will see many fashions of art and most of the world will follow the fashions and make none. These cults - these 'movements' - are absolutely necessary, or at any rate their causes are, for somewhere in their centres are the ones who bear the Idea, the ones who have questioned, 'But what do I think?' and 'How shall I say it best?
Robert Henri
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.
Robert Henri
Through art mysterious bonds of understanding and of knowledge are established among men.
Robert Henri
Students work in schools making life studies for years, win prizes for life studies and find in the end that they know practically nothing of the human figure. They have acquired the ability to copy.
Robert Henri
The more simply you see, the more simply you will render. People see too much, scatteringly.
Robert Henri
All manifestations of art are but landmarks in the progress of the human spirit toward a thing but as yet sensed and far from being possessed.
Robert Henri
