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The true artist regards his work as a means of talking with men [and women], of saying his say to himself and to others. It is not a question of pay.

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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Beauty is an intangible thing can not be fixed on the surface, and the wear and tear of old age on the body cannot defeat it. Nor will a pretty face make it, for pretty faces are often dull and empty, and beauty is never dull and it fills all spaces.
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If you work from memory, you are most likely to put in your real feeling.
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Each man must take the material that he finds at hand, see that in it there are the big truths of life, the fundamentally big forces, and then express in his art whatever is the cause of his pleasure.
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Do whatever you do intensely. The artist is the man who leaves the crowd and goes pioneering. With him there is an idea which is his life.
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Art is, after all, only a trace – like a footprint which shows that one has walked bravely and in great happiness.
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Through art mysterious bonds of understanding and of knowledge are established among men.
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Artists must be men of wit, consciously or unconsciously philosophers read, study and think a great deal of life.
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The good thing about painting from memory is that so much is forgotten.
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If a certain activity, such as painting, becomes the habitual mode of expression, it may follow that taking up the painting materials and beginning work with them will act suggestively and so presently evoke a flight into the higher state.
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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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After all, the goal is not making art. It is living a life. Those who live their lives will leave the stuff that is really art.
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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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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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The more simply you see, the more simply you will render. People see too much, scatteringly.
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No work of Art is really ever finished. They only stop at good places.
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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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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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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.
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Don't worry about your originality. You couldn't get rid of it even if you wanted to. It will stick with you and show up for better or worse in spite of all you or anyone else can do.
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Art when really understood is the province of every human being. It is simply a question of doing things, anything, well. It is not an outside, extra thing.
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